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January 28, 2022
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You can’t spend yourself rich”

"You can't spend yourself rich and you can't vote yourself free" is a saying popularized by Ukrainian-American author, podcaster, columnist, anarchist and media personality…

July 7, 2011
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You can’t take it with you”

You Can't Take It with You is the title of a 1937 comedic Broadway play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The concept that one cannot take worldly riches into the next world probably cannot…

November 20, 2009
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it”

"You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it" is a saying often attributed to American pastor Adrian Rogers (1931-2005), who used it in a 1998 book. The saying appears in print by 1935-36…

September 20, 2021
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You don’t know broke until you’ve rinsed off a paper plate”

"My financial status: I just rinsed off a paper plate" is a joke that has been printed on many images. Paper plates are usually thrown away after use. "You don't know poor until…

September 20, 2021
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You don’t know poor until you’ve rinsed off a paper plate”

"My financial status: I just rinsed off a paper plate" is a joke that has been printed on many images. Paper plates are usually thrown away after use. "You don't know poor until…

March 5, 2010
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You don’t put robbers to work in a bank”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Bartleby.comRespectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989NUMBER: 1588 AUTHOR: Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) QUOTATION: Will one of you gentlemen tell me in what…

August 5, 2011
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You don’t need analysts in a bull market, and you don’t want them in a bear market”

"You don’t need analysts in a bull market, and you don’t want them in a bear market" is a Wall Street saying usually attributed to financial trader and writer Gerald M. Loeb…

July 3, 2023
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You ever pay bills SO MUCH that when you have money left over you be like… WTF I forget to pay?”

"You ever pay bills SO MUCH that when you have money left over you be like... WTF did I forget to pay?" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Paid the electric and rent…

November 13, 2009
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You get what you pay for”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Answers.comIdioms: you get what you pay for Inexpensive goods or services are likely to be inferior, as in That vacuum cleaner fell apart in a year -- I guess you get what…

May 2, 2006
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You have a friend at Chase Manhattan” (Chase Manhattan)

The Chase Manhattan Bank had a popular slogan during the 1960s that is still remembered by many today: "You have a friend at Chase Manhattan." The bank is now known as J. P. Morgan Chase…

March 30, 2016
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You have to be a contortionist in this economy to make ends meet”

The old financial expression of "make ends meet" becomes a joke when a contortionist is mentioned. "The contortionists at Barnum's show will never know what it is to be…

November 3, 2008
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You have to speculate to accumulate” (gambling proverb)

"Speculate to accumulate" (that is, "take chances to win big") appears to have started in gambling and was cited by Broadway scribe Walter Winchell by 1941. The phrase is more…

May 2, 2010
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You have two cows…” (Parable of the Isms)

"You have two cows..." is the start of a joke that's also called the "Parable of the Isms." The joke illustrates what happens to the two cows under Socialism, Communism,…

February 2, 2012
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You know you’re in a bear market when people are losing money but feeling pretty good about it”

"You know you're in a bear market when people are losing money but feeling pretty good about it. -- Wall Street Adage" has been on the "Food for thought" section on the…

March 18, 2013
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You make more money selling advice than following it”

Steve Forbes, publisher of Forbes magazine, said in 1979: "Also keep in mind when reading advice what this 'expert's' grandfather liked to say: 'We make more money selling…

October 5, 2008
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You make your money in stocks, you keep it in bonds” (Wall Street adage)

The stock market is often viewed to be riskier than the bond market. "You make your money in stocks, you keep in in bonds" is said to be an old Wall Street adage, but print citations…

May 22, 2011
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You must have long-range goals to keep from being frustrated by short-range failures”

"You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by the short-range failures," said Charles C. Noble, the Dean of Hendricks Memorial Chapel at Syracuse University, at a…

May 24, 2010
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You only get paid for done”

"You (only) get paid for done" is a saying popularized by personal trainer and performance coach Dax Moy. "You only get paid for done" means that you get paid for results…

September 26, 2017
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You only have a gambling problem if you lose” (“It’s only a gambling problem if you’re losing”)

"It's only a gambling problem is you're losing" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "It's only a gambling problem if you lose...!" was posted on the…

September 28, 2011
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“You pays your money and you takes your choice”

The Battle of Waterloo (on June 18, 1815) was frequently reenacted, with a showman explaining the action. The story goes that confused patrons asked, "Which is the Duke of Wellington? Which is…

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