David Gardner Quotations

When we were first asked, I said no.

The process has to be methodical. We deal with inherently hazardous materials. If we're not safe, we've got trouble.

Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.

Ideally ... we think that a further step here would be to phase out capital gains if investor are holding for a longer period. For instance, if you were to hold stocks, let's say, for five years, I would like to see the rate lower than 20 percent, and maybe if you hold 10 years, there might be no capital gains rate at all. That will return the public markets to being about buying and holding and funding businesses, which was their purpose, not throwing paper around in a speculative manner.

We learn simply by the exposure of living, and what we learn most natively is the tradition in which we live.

We are elated to have a quality company like ring Power locate here. They provide good-paying jobs and sell great service equipment.

Finally, ... the turnover ratio is the big secret of the mutual fund industry. The average fund turns over its assets 100 percent; that means they fully sell out and buy something else, and guess who gets to pay that tax bill at the end of the year? You and I do.

Detroit is our weakest market and upstate is second, ... We try to operate at a 95 percent occupancy level and we haven't seen that for a number of years in upstate

It's a good way to get all the players in a room and discuss any issues that may come up,

It's good to see the increase, but it should be higher. The base was low to begin with.

Donating a stock, ... is the best way to give money.

Then when we finish, we'll have a better idea of when they'll start on the work, because they need to have this meeting in order to issue a notice to proceed to the contractor,

The bluff stabilization does two things. It stabilizes the bluff and prevents erosion and it wicks out moisture that forms behind the wall, preventing saturation points.

I've got three basic, foolish thoughts today about taxes. Let's take it right off with number one, which is that I believe that there should be a long-term benefit to owning stocks.

The firm has a product portfolio that is paced by its Secure Networks design philosophy and includes multiplayer switches, core routers, WAN routers, wireless LANs, network management and intrusion defense systems.

The final geotechnical report is under way. All indications are that the building will not impact the bluffs at all.

The medium has a self-policing aspect. If you come into a chat and spout off about a stock and it's not true, a lot of people will catch that.