"The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain."
"Stock prices aren't real things. They're just froth on a wave. The wave is the only real thing, which investors forget when they're watching the ticket slither by."
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Source: Jane Bryant Quinn (2009). “Making the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy”, p.335, Simon and Schuster
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