"Buy land, they're not making it anymore...." - Quote by Mark Twain
Buy land, they're not making it anymore.
More by Mark Twain
“I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.”
“Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion”
“Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.”
More on Investment
“There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.”
“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”
“[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our present tax system...reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking.”
More on Land
“The land was ours before we were the land's. She was our land more than a hundred years Before we were her people.”
“What would this country be without this great land of ours.”
“An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.”