I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.
—Alan Greenspan
I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
—Alan Greenspan
Topics: Business
The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.
—Alan Greenspan
Topics: Economy
Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding that men survive by means of virtue, not vices. It is this superlatively moral system that the welfare statists propose to improve upon by means of preventative law, snooping bureaucrats, and the chronic goad of fear.
—Alan Greenspan
Topics: Capitalism
To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education—literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
—Alan Greenspan
It is decidedly not true that “nice guys finish last,” as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said.
—Alan Greenspan
The true measure of a career is to be able to
be content, even proud, that you succeeded through
your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.
—Alan Greenspan
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- George Goodman American Economist
- Stuart Chase American Economist
- Ludwig von Mises Austrian Economist
- Hesiod Greek Poet
- Milton Friedman American Economist
- Arthur Rubinstein American Pianist
- Carl Reiner American Comedian
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