“An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly repay the labors of industry, and generally satisfy the most extensive desires, if no part of it be suffered to lie in waste by negligence, to be overrun with noxious plants, or laid out for show rather than for use.” IfsSaidUseShowsLyingDesireProduceIndustryOne DayWasteLaborPlantPhilosopherItalianEstatesCultivationNegligence Author:Samuel Johnson
“No man, however benevolent, liberal, and wise, can use a large fortune so that it will do half as much good in the world as it would if it were divided into moderate sums and in the hands of workmen who had earned it by industry and frugality. The piling up of estates often does great and conspicuous good.... But no man does with accumulated wealth so much good as the same amount would do in many hands.” IfsMenWorldDoeUseHandsWealthHalfWiseIndustryAmountFortuneDividedEstatesModeratesBenevolentFrugalityWorkmenGood In The WorldMany Hands Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“As the industry has matured, real estate has become a very accepted investment. Institutions have used core investments to get comfortable with real estate as an asset class, and now that they're comfortable they're moving up the risk spectrum.” RealMovingUsedClassRiskIndustryComfortComfortableInstitutionsInvestmentAcceptedCoreAssetsEstatesSpectrumMaturedMoving Up Author:Richard Price
“What opened up the American West was the fact that you owned the real estate. You owned the gold mines, the oil wells. The creation of these, back then, million dollar industries drove the railroads and eventually the airlines to provide this kind of transportation.” WellsKindRealFactsMillionsCreationMinesIndustryGoldDollarsWestOilEstatesMillion DollarsAirlineTransportationRailroadsAmerican West Author:Peter Diamandis