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I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle re-starts. We buy at lower prices with less leverage. -- Stephen A. Schwarzman
Legg Mason's structure is misunderstood by the market. Legg Mason has an affiliate model. They own 100% of their affiliates, which are investment managers such as Permal, Western Asset Management, and Royce. -- Nelson Peltz
Asset managers have different approaches, and I don't wish to suggest there is only one way to run money. There are many ways one can attempt to reduce risk, improve performance, lower drawdowns and reduce volatility. -- Barry Ritholtz
Asset bubbles have happened even without not-so-easy money. And, in a depressed economy, where alternative uses of money are not great, people are going to bid up the prices of profitable corporations and stuff like that. -- Paul Krugman
Asset values and earning power are the dominant factors affecting the valuation of a controlling interest in a business. Market price, which governs valuation of minority interest positions, is of little or no importance in valuing a controlling interest. -- Warren Buffett
Asset-heavy businesses generally earn low rates of return - rates that often barely provide enough capital to fund the inflationary needs of the existing business, with nothing left over for real growth, for distribution to owners, or for acquisition of new businesses -- Warren Buffett
Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that time period, was completely steadfast. We bought Bear Stearns because we thought we were helping the situation. We didn't cut and run. -- Jamie Dimon
A women's greatest asset is her beauty. -- Alex Comfort
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. -- Winston Churchill
Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. -- Marshall Field
There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth. -- Ray Dalio
Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time. -- Brian Tracy
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset. -- Arlen Specter
To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher. -- John Strachan
You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset. -- Tom Hopkins
Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset. -- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
In life, try your best to do the right thing. Have fun while you're alive. Take advantage of every asset you have. Don't take anything for granted. -- Justin Chon
I think that the first thing is you should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future is going to hold. -- Ray Dalio
Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. -- Warren Buffett
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. -- Charles Schwab
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps. -- Mary Kay Ash
The book is called 'Most Talkative,' because I was voted most talkative in high school. And I've never stopped talking. My mouth has been my greatest asset and my biggest Achilles' heel. -- Andy Cohen
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset. -- Harvey S. Firestone
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else. -- Brian Tracy
Everybody understands that you're supposed to say 'our employees are our most valuable asset' to the point where, even if it's really true, they're not going to really trust you until you've earned that - same with customers. -- Gabe Newell
What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset. -- Andrew Young
Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission. -- Anne M. Mulcahy
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. -- Grenville Kleiser
The fallacy of monetary policy in the U.S. is to believe this money will go to the man on the street. It won't. It goes to the Mayfair economy of the well-to-do people and boosts asset prices of Warhols... Very happy. Very good for the Fed. Congratulations, Mr. Bernanke. -- Marc Faber
One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs. -- Henri Nouwen
The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career woman. The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset. -- Margaret Chan
Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are. -- Dale Archer
What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental property, office building, condo - does not cover the debt incurred to buy the asset. So you depend on a greater fool, if you will, to come in and buy at a higher price. -- James Chanos
Time is irreplaceable asset. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Self-discovery is the greatest asset. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
People are our greatest asset . -- Dave Ulrich
Life is your greatest asset. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
One's ignorance is one's chief asset. -- Wallace Stevens
My body is my greatest asset. -- Kari Wuhrer
My speed is my greatest asset. -- Peter Bondra
His lie ability is an asset -- Alec Sulkin
Your life is your greatest asset. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
My mind is my biggest asset. -- Tiger Woods
The ultimate asset bubble is gold. -- George Soros
In Italy, age is an asset. -- Isa Miranda
My body is my best asset. -- Pete Rose
Inexperience is an asset. Embrace it. -- Wendy Kopp
Hipness is the only asset that matters. -- Paul Saffo
Man's greatest asset is the unsettled mind. -- Isaac Asimov
Curiosity is an asset mostly frittered away. -- Mason Cooley
A smile is your greatest social asset. -- Zig Ziglar
Treat the customer as an appreciating asset. -- Tom Peters
We have one asset, and that's people. -- Sylvia Ostry
My greatest asset now is my focus. -- Josh McDowell
Attention is a little-noticed and underrated mental asset. -- Daniel Goleman
I think temperament is my single greatest asset. -- Donald Trump
Microsoft's only factory asset is the human imagination. -- Bill Gates
Every liability is just an asset in hiding. -- Mark Victor Hansen
Brains are an asset, if you hide them. -- Mae West
Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset. -- Clare Boothe Luce
Education is an asset no man can take away. -- George Eliot
Time is the most valuable asset you don't own. -- Mark Cuban
What you don't know can be your greatest asset -- Sara Blakely
Good conscience is the most valuable asset of all! -- James Madison
Debt is one person's liability, but another person's asset. -- Paul Krugman
My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing. -- Jane Fonda
Flexible approach - will look at ALL asset classes. -- Seth Klarman
Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset. -- Joss Whedon
The primary asset of any business is its organization. -- William Feather
Unpredictability is the greatest asset a leader can have. -- Richard M. Nixon
One's strongest asset is simultaneously his point of strongest vulnerability. -- Harry Levinson
Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The first business asset you should invest in is yourself. -- Orrin Woodward
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. -- Winston Churchill
The wise man knows that love is his greatest asset. -- Anthony Brown
My soul is my great asset and my great misfortune. -- D. H. Lawrence
My biggest asset is my combination of size and speed. -- Chad Ochocinco
Case in point: Take adversity and make it an asset. -- Donald Trump
I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Time is our most precious asset, we should invest it wisely. -- Michael Levy, Baron Levy
People are not your most important asset....the right people are. -- James C. Collins
Fortunately, for me, my main asset is speed. Plain and simple. -- David Haye
Greatest sin of man kind: neglect to use his greatest asset. -- Napoleon Hill
Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset. -- Natalie Portman
Talent is our No.1 operating priority and our most important asset. -- Jeff Weiner
I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. -- Donald Trump
Your mind is a positive asset. Use it for positive thoughts. -- Clark Terry
A home is still the biggest asset that most Americans own. -- Mark Zandi
How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values? -- Alan Greenspan
Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure. -- Christopher Dodd
The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset. -- John Scarlett
Beauty is . . . a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense. -- Kin Hubbard
Reputation is an outcome; but it is also a valuable, strategic asset. -- Andrew Griffin
Your most important asset is the conscious control of your own life. -- Eric Butterworth
Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. -- Harry Lorayne
Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to customers. -- Brian Tracy
Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. -- Gerald R. Ford
In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all. -- Herbert Butterfield
Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese. -- Ginger Rogers
As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset. -- David Alan Grier
For most businesses, America is the most important asset on their balance sheet. -- Hillary Clinton
I think that being perceptive and having interests is nothing but an asset. -- Ashley Judd
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king. -- Maimonides
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. -- Ludwig Borne
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone. -- Duke Ellington
A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product -- Richard Branson
A thrilled customer is the most potent marketing asset your organization can leverage. -- John Jantsch
Creativity is an advertising agency's most valuable asset, because it is the rarest. -- Jef I. Richards
Spirit is the most valuable asset, more than money and any other power. -- Zig Ziglar
Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to its customers. -- Brian Tracy
I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset. -- Yoshihiko Noda
Software as an asset isn't stable over time; it needs to be maintained. -- Brian Behlendorf
The most valuable asset a nation has is the creativity of its children. -- Alan Plater
Time - the one asset none of us are ever gonna get more of. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
Fantasy and anger totally destroy the human body. Tolerance is the greatest human asset. -- Harbhajan Singh Yogi
It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight. -- Michael Burry
The most treasured asset in investment management is a steady hand at the tiller. -- Robert D. Arnott
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. -- Ludwig Borne
A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold. -- Dolly Parton
My mind is my biggest asset. I expect to win every tournament I play. -- Tiger Woods

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