Henry Kaufman Quotes

There are two kinds of people who lose money: those who know nothing and those who know everything.

No matter how important we all think we are as individuals, when it comes down to it, we're not that important. At times we better recognize that. That life goes on, thank goodness. That we better recognize our role in society.

Abraham Lincoln was the father of a nation and had enormous beliefs that stood well.

I think it's very difficult in the first go-round for congressional people and political people to understand the linkages that exist between us and the rest of the world. That we're not insular anymore.

I don't feel that I view things with a pessimistic eye. I should try to say which way events will go rather than which way events should go. We have to be realistic.

I do sense that the financial system is under the gun. In order to keep our system and economies moving globally, there's the need to extend new money.