Jim Rogers Quotes

17 Sourced Quotes

When President Bush goes on television and says certain cultures hate us for our democracy and freedom, he's just wrong. Everywhere I went in the Middle East, everyone told me how much they loved America and Americans; the hatred is directed at American policy.

Jim Rogers
Sometimes I think our central bank will keep printing money till we run out of trees

Jim Rogers
Teach your children or your grandchildren Chinese. It is going to be the most important language of their lifetimes.

Jim Rogers
I started out with $600, a second hand Volkswagen, and a wife. One was an asset and one was a liability. I will let you figure out which was which. I liquidated both, and still had the $600. I worked long hours, and spent weekends reading about markets. I simply love it. You have to love what you do, whether it be gardening, hairdressing, etc. When you love it, then the money follows. Even if it doesn't, you will still be happy. Being happy and poor is better than being unhappy and poor.

Jim Rogers
The bottom line is this is not a war we want to get into. We can win the battle of Iraq, but that is not the war. It's not a war that can be won in the traditional sense. If we succeed in ousting Saddam Hussein, what then? Who is going to run Iraq afterwards? We cannot do it. The country is a mish mash of factions who hate each other.

Jim Rogers
Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.

Jim Rogers
When things go wrong on a macroeconomic level, it's almost always this way. People find someone to blame, whether it's blacks, whites, Christians, Jews, Muslims-whoever.

Jim Rogers
I did very little marketing. The key is to make your clients money. If you have a good track record, people will find you and knock on your door. Just make your clients money.

Jim Rogers
Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.

Jim Rogers
If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!

Jim Rogers
Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.

Jim Rogers
Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.

Jim Rogers
When I was a young man working 14 hour days, I traded using outrageous and terrifying leverage. I was either very lucky, very smart or very dumb. That's what terrifies people about commodities. Commodities themselves are no riskier than stocks. A stock on margin has more risk than a commodity fully paid for. It's all about the degree of leverage.

Jim Rogers
The last leg of a bull market always ends in hysteria; the last leg of a bear market always ends in panic.

Jim Rogers
If you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble, that's not capitalism, that's socialism for the rich

Jim Rogers
Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.

Jim Rogers
I am dying to find a way to invest in both North Korea and Myanmar. The major changes in these two countries are among the most exciting things I see right now, looking to the future.

Jim Rogers