![He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds into new projects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions.](/assets/img/quote-photos/he-thomas-edison-considered-money-as-a-raw-material-like-metal-to-be-used-r.jpg)
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raw-materials statistics causes
Price statistics show clearly that instability in raw-material prices is a prime cause of instability of other prices. Benjamin Graham
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He who is learning and learning and doesn't apply what he knows is like the one who is plowing and plowing and doesn't seed. Plato
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It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels. Katharine Hepburn
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Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for. Josh Billings
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the inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing is better than praying. Robert Green Ingersoll
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