Ron Chernow

Quotes

• “Jay was attacked with peculiar venom. Near his New York home, the walls of a building were defaced with the gigantic wor...”
• “If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investmen...”
• “I think those who invest in mutual funds want someone else to do the thinking for them. But the fact that they can move ...”
• “Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be...”
• “(regarding Charles Lee) This eccentric and notably slovenly man was always trailed by his beloved dogs. "When I can be c...”
• “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, be...”
• “You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don...”
• “The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in t...”
• “Again and again in his career, Hamilton committed the same political error: he never knew when to stop, and the resultin...”
• “As often is the case with addictions, the fanciful notion of a gradual discontinuance only provided a comforting pretext...”
• “I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they don't have angry ...”