Share Ownership Quotes

The basic story remains simple and never-ending. Stocks aren't lottery tickets. There's a company attached to every share.

We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership.

As more and more Americans own shares of stock, more and more Americans understand that taxing businesses is taxing them. Regulating businesses is taxing them. They ought to be thinking long-term about their ownership, not just their income, and that they should pay taxes on capital, as well as taxes on labor.

Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.

When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?

I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership.

We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic future.

Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.

Few concepts are as basic as the role of workers in our economic structure and their participation in equity ownership.

Speaking about our largest oil company Rosneft, and I recalled in the beginning that almost 20 percent of it [19.7] belongs to BP. Who's company is that? British Petroleum, isn't it? I suppose that is not bad. I have to tell that British Petroleum's capitalization is significantly related to the fact that it owns more than 19 percent of Rosneft, which has vast oil reserves both in Russia and abroad. This has its impact on the company's stability as well.

I thought the stock was a great buy. I think anybody that bought the stock in 1999 was - saw over the next couple of years a strong growth. During the year of 1999, I significantly increased my ownership of shares in the company.

The total dividend income declared in 1995 by the bottom 9.7 million Canadian tax-filers (47% of all those submitting tax returns) was $310 million. The estimated dividend income received by the Thomson family in 1995 from its 72% ownership share of the Thomson Corporation and its 22% ownership share of the Hudson's Bay Company was $310 million.

Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.

Most stocks bought and sold on Wall Street are held in what's called 'street name.'

My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession doesn't have any impact on the company.

The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.

Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a prospective owner.

Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares...or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination.

The successful sale of British Telecom... reveals a vast and untapped yearning among ordinary people for a direct stake in the ownership of British enterprise. Investment in shares has begun to take its place, with ownership of a home and either a bank or building society deposit, as a way for ordinary people to participate in enterprise and wealth creation. We are seeing the birth of people's capitalism.