Shiv Nadar Quotes

When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.

Buy land, they're not making it anymore.

I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.

Land will continue to rise in value, being yet capable of Improvement; And as the Demand increases, for the Quantity will be the same

Men did not make the earth... It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property... Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds.

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.

Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of a new State.

A home is still the biggest asset that most Americans own.

Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.

What I like about land is I can drive out and check on it. It doesn't go anywhere. It's hard to steal land.

Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.

Not only there does not exist, nor can exist, any other revenue than the clear produce of land, but it is the earth also that has furnished all capitals, that form the mass of all the advances of culture and commerce.

The possession and the enjoyment of property are the pledges which bind a civilised people to an improved country.

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

We feel the value is in the land, not the improvements.

Fortunately, there's another handy driver that has manifested itself throughout the history of cultures. The urge to want to gain wealth. That is almost as potent a driver as the urge to maintain your security. And that is how I view NASA going forward - as an investment in our economy.

The insecurity of property in Ireland, whether real or supposed … prevents the English or Scotch capitalist from transmitting materials to be manufactured in Ireland.

No man should be allowed to own any land he does not use.

The greater security of property is one of the main conditions and causes of greater production.

It is labour, then, which puts the greatest part of value upon land, without which it would scarcely be worth anything

Sell a country? why not sell the air, the clouds ….

I will begin a new program to get private enterprise into the ghetto and the ghetto into private enterprise. I call it “Black Capitalism.” More black ownership of business and land and homes can be the multiplier of pride that will end our racial strife.