"I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that."

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"I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that."

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Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Every one lives by selling something."

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"Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that doesn't all of a sudden make us best selling authors."

Ken Hill, British Playwright

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"Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance."

Adam Rich, American Actor

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"And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

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"Writers are always selling somebody out."

Joan Didion, American Author

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"When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages."

Matt Gonzalez, American Politician

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"Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries."

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"I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles."

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"What must occur is a greater recognition by investors of their individual responsibility."

Responsibility

"Once again, stock markets have been threatened with extinction for almost 75 years, and I have found that stock markets are harder to kill than roaches."

Years

"Although the Internet makes it seem as if you have a direct connection to the securities market, you don't. Lines may clog; systems may break; orders may back-up."

Connection

"The tension between centrality, on the one hand, and competition, on the other, is probably the oldest of all market structure issues."

Competition

"It is incumbent on us to facilitate the development of a market structure that best assures that these changes benefit the U.S. securities markets as a whole."

Development

"Our role is to maintain and monitor a framework in which fair competition can flourish."

Competition

"Over the past two decades, we have clearly seen an erosion of ethical values."

Values

"Our markets have not achieved their great successes as a result of government fiat, but rather through efforts of competing interests working to meet the demands of investors and to fulfill the promises posed by advancing technology."

Government

"Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors."

Purpose

"Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical."

Skepticism