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Finance here stretches from national policy debates - like the complexity of campaign finance reform among well-funded leaders - to a memorably blunt warning that certain derivatives can be as destructive as any weapon. It's a fitting complement to our Financial Crisis collection.

As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system.

Quotes by Steve Israel

I remember my first meeting with my management team when I became Indonesia's Minister of Finance. I was the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold that job. Everybody else in the room was male. I knew then...

Quotes by Sri Mulyani Indrawati

I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office....

Quotes by Sophie Kinsella

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.

Quotes by Sophie Kinsella

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

Quotes by Shimon Peres

We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building.

Quotes by Sherrod Brown

Everything is always feasible if you run a corporate finance exercise: you can always try to come out with a justification on how things could work. But the real issue is to say how do you translate that into practice.

Quotes by Sergio Ermotti

Let's not forget, it was the government, Department of Finance and Central Bank that decided to unfairly land the taxpayers of this country with unmitigated losses of Anglo and massive legacy issues that would have been expected when nationalising a...

Quotes by Sean Quinn

Orrin Hatch is old enough to be my father, and I don't want my father running the United States Senate Finance Committee.

Quotes by Scott Howell

Thirty to 40 years ago, most financial decisions were fairly simple.

Quotes by Scott Cook

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.

Quotes by Sarah Jessica Parker

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.

Quotes by Sanjay Kumar

The ministries of finance and industries and commerce require modern-minded, transparent, and efficient leadership.

Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

We cannot both preach and administer financial matters.

Quotes by Saint Stephen

The single most important personal finance decision you make is your career.

Quotes by Sal Khan

The math you need for most of finance is ninth-grade algebra, and most people feel reasonably comfortable with that. But I think the financial world there has been - I don't know if it's by design, or this is how...

Quotes by Sal Khan

You can be this super-successful woman who's smart and effective but still feminine. When I worked in finance, I didn't always think that was possible.

Quotes by Ruzwana Bashir

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

Quotes by Ruth Handler

A person's credit report is one of the most important tools consumers can use to maintain their financial security and credit rating, but for so long many did not know how to obtain one, or what to do with the...

Quotes by Ruben Hinojosa

What I'm primarily responsible for is products. Everything is developed with my personal involvement. Second is client communication. Everything to do with product and consumer is my primary focus. I also deal with everything which relates to investment and partnership....

Quotes by Roustam Tariko

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Frequently Asked Questions

What topics does this Finance quotes collection cover?
It's fairly technical - campaign finance reform, derivatives being called a dangerous weapon of modern markets, how cities get bailed out differently across countries, and how developing economies benefit from access to outside capital.
Why do people search for finance quotes?
Finance topics can be dense, so people look for a short, memorable line that sums up a bigger idea, like a warning about risk or a comment on how Financial systems really work.
What's meant by calling derivatives 'financial weapons of mass destruction'?
It's a warning about how complex financial instruments can spread risk unpredictably through an economy, potentially causing damage far beyond the parties who originally created them.
Does this collection touch on how governments handle financial trouble?
Yes - one quote contrasts how a struggling Western city would simply go bankrupt, while a city elsewhere in the same position gets subsidized by a national finance ministry instead.
How can these finance quotes be used?
They suit posts about economics, investing caution, or discussions around a Financial Crisis, and pair well with broader Finances content for personal money topics.

There's also a broader view of how developing economies benefit from access to outside capital, deeper markets, and new technology. For more on institutional money matters, browse our Financial quotes.