Rick Santelli famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it. Have it be completely transparent. But actually getting to that spot, as we have learned through all the legislation over the decades, is very difficult.
-- Rick Santelli

#Thinking #Levels #Money In Politics
I think that there's been a lot of people in Congress that didn't know all the ins and outs of the Constitution. I think we have a whole roomful of people that have record legislation in terms of quantity of pages that didn't read it.
-- Rick Santelli

#Thinking #People #Records
We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road.
-- Rick Santelli

#Government #Going Away #Mountain
Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?
-- Rick Santelli

#Greatness #Hands #America
One thing that served me well with clients was that you back your winners and you back your losers.
-- Rick Santelli

#Clients #Loser #Winner
In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.
-- Rick Santelli

#Oil #Attention #Credit
I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.
-- Rick Santelli

#Jobs
I try to avoid political ties.
-- Rick Santelli

#Ties #Political #Trying
The government is promoting bad behavior... do we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages... This is America! How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage? President Obama are you listening? How about we all stop paying our mortgage! It's a moral hazard
-- Rick Santelli

#Government #America #People
When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.
-- Rick Santelli

#Attitude #Government #Different
You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all.
-- Rick Santelli

#People #Needs #Myth
I can't remember the exact quote but when I used to trade and Mr. Volcker was Fed chairman, he said something like 'gold is my enemy, I'm always watching what gold is doing', we need to think why he made a statement like that. If you're a central banker or one of the congressmen or senators, watch what gold is doing because this is a no-confidence vote in fiscal and dollar policy.
-- Rick Santelli

#Thinking #Enemy #Gold
Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.
-- Rick Santelli

#Leader #Challenges
At the end of the day, the markets are my passion.
-- Rick Santelli

#Passion #The End Of The Day #Ends
I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.
-- Rick Santelli

#Believe #Fire #Worry
If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves.
-- Rick Santelli

#Country #Father #People
The jobs outlook in the U.S. isn't very good. And it's really about young people.
-- Rick Santelli

#Jobs #People #Outlook

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