I almost didn’t turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for nine months after I got out of school, and the money was fantastic and promised to get even more lucrative. – Matt Kuchar
Merchandise from Wal-Mart has become as ubiquitous as the water supply. Yet, still, the company is rebuked and reviled by anyone claiming a social conscience and is lambasted by legislators as if its bad behavior places it somewhere between investment bankers and the Taliban. – Charles Platt
As a policy-maker in our country, I would much rather we have that investment in our refineries. – Gene Green
I plan to open Mexico’s energy sector to national and foreign private investment. – Enrique Pena Nieto
In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It’s the same with investment. – Masayoshi Son
The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment. – Mick Cornett
Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: ‘What is the return on this investment?’ – Frederick W. Smith
The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment. – Frederick W. Smith
India’s growth drivers are actually two growth drivers. One is consumption, which arises out of our demographic advantage. And the other is the investments. Because we need a lot of investment in the country. – Chanda Kochhar
A bad investment is going for quantity over quality. If you’re trying to be careful with your wallet, especially with the economy right now, you have to choose staple pieces. – Christian Siriano
I’ve nothing against Goldman Sachs. But Goldman Sachs isn’t an investment bank. Goldman Sachs is a hedge fund. It’s bigger than any hedge fund. It’s more leveraged, to the power of three or five, than any hedge fund. – Nouriel Roubini
Without investment there will not be growth, and without growth there will not be employment. – Muhtar Kent
Regardless of what the future holds, intelligent investment in common stocks offer a solid route for a reasonable return on investment going forward. – Michael Burry
Legg Mason’s structure is misunderstood by the market. Legg Mason has an affiliate model. They own 100% of their affiliates, which are investment managers such as Permal, Western Asset Management, and Royce. – Nelson Peltz
When businesses don’t spend and invest, they don’t hire and cannot offer better-paying jobs. Business investment and wages are two sides of the same mirror. If a company purchases five trucks rather than 10, there are five fewer trucking jobs. – Lawrence Kudlow
I will promote savings and investment by maintaining the 15% rate on capital gains and dividends. I will eliminate the tax entirely for those with annual income below $200,000. – Mitt Romney
I don’t think manufacturing should be looked at independently. It is part of the economy. So, when the economy does well, and when there is investment, the sector does well. – Jamshyd Godrej
Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it’s akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time. – Josh Radnor
Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States. – John W. Snow
One of the roles of a U.S. ambassador – anywhere in the world – is to promote bilateral trade and investment. – James Costos
You don’t make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you’re-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don’t know what’s going to happen. – Michael Bloomberg
As ambassador, I am focused on expanding bilateral trade and investment between the United States and Spain. – James Costos
Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China. – John Bruton
I plan to eliminate the equity cap in investment, and I also plan large-scale deregulation to meet global standards. – Lee Myung-bak
Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic. – Lynn Good
A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development. – Mo Ibrahim