The consumer, so it is said, is the king each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.
Paul SamuelsonInvesting should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.
Paul SamuelsonReasonable men are not reasonable when you're in the bubbles which have characterized capitalism since the beginning of time.
Paul SamuelsonI'm not sure most of the people that get caught up in the middle of a bubble can be described as irrational. It seems pretty rational to buy a house and flip it in the next few weeks at a profit when that's been happening for along time.
Paul Samuelson