Charles Dow quotes

“The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.”
-- Charles Dow

#Facts Quotes

“The man who begins to speculate in stocks with the intention of making a fortune usually goes broke, whereas the man who trades with a view of getting good interest on his money sometimes gets rich.”
-- Charles Dow

Source : Charles Dow, Shread, Paul (2009). “Dow Theory Unplugged: Charles Dow's Original Editorials & Their Relevance Today”, p.314, Traders Press

#Men Quotes #Views Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“In most bull markets there comes a time when the public controls fluctuations and the efforts of the largest operators are insufficient to check the rising tide.”
-- Charles Dow

#Effort Quotes #Investing Quotes #Rising Quotes

“The public, as a whole, buys at the wrong time and sells at the wrong time. The average operator, when he sees two or three points profit, takes it; but, if a stock goes against him two or three points, he holds on waiting for the price to recover, with oftentimes, the result of seeing a loss of two or three points run into a loss of ten points.”
-- Charles Dow

Source : Charles Dow, Shread, Paul (2009). “Dow Theory Unplugged: Charles Dow's Original Editorials & Their Relevance Today”, p.298, Traders Press

#Running Quotes #Loss Quotes #Average Quotes

“To know values is to know the meaning of the market”
-- Charles Dow

#Values Quotes

“Pride of opinion has been responsible for the downfall of more men on Wall Street than any other factor.”
-- Charles Dow

#Wall Quotes #Pride Quotes #Men Quotes

“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

“The very fact that the jaguar can become extinct while the Pekingese survives indicates to me that someone hasn't thought this thing through.”

“While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.”

Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Meaning of Life"), 1990.

“I take it, therefore, to be a fact, that one's existence ends with death. I think it possible to show how this fact can be emotionally acceptable.”

“I liked the fact she understood how we all have little secret habits that seem normal enough to us, but which we know better than to mention out loud.”

“It’s a known fact that in certain contexts people’s great strengths become their epic failings.”

“I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.”

“I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.”

Source : "Adam Savage on becoming a maker". www.wired.com. July 4, 2012.

“The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”