A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006.

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“‘Acceptable level of unemployment’ means the government economist has a job” (Nowlan’s Truism)
“(When you) Get a hunch, bet a bunch”
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it”
“A banker lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back when it rains”
“A boat is a hole in the water into which you pour money”
“A correction is when you lose money and a bear market is when I lose money”
“A day late and a dollar short”
“A financier is a pawnbroker with imagination”
“A fool and his money are soon partying”
“A friend in need is a damned nuisance”
“A happy customer tells a friend; an unhappy customer tells the world”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance”
“A long term investment is a short term investment that failed”
“A lost opportunity is better than lost money” ("Missed money is better than lost money")
“A lot of money is tainted—‘taint yours and ‘taint mine”
“A man in debt is caught in a net”
“A market that rallies on bad news could signal a bottom’ (Wall Street adage)
“A movement is over when the news is out” (Wall Street adage)
“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore”
“A penny saved is ridiculous”
“A pie doesn’t grow through its slicing”
“A quick nickel is better than a slow dime”
“A recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose your job”
“A rising tide lifts all boats” (Wall Street proverb)
“A rolling loan gathers no loss” (banking adage)
“A seat on the New York Stock Exchange is a license to steal”
“A stock doesn’t know where it has been” or “A stock doesn’t know you own it” (Wall Street proverb)
“A stock is worth what someone is willing to pay for it” (Wall Street adage)
“A ton of money” (a large amount of money)
“About the time we think we can make both ends meet, somebody moves the ends”
“Adults are just kids who owe money”
“Adults are just kids with money”
“All currencies eventually go to zero”
“All gaps eventually get filled”
“All the gold in Fort Knox” (a large sum of money or riches)
“Always Be Closing” ("ABC” of selling)
“Always borrow money from a pessimist—he doesn’t expect to be paid back”
“Amateurs manage money by taking risk; professionals manage risk by taking money”
“Amateurs open the market, but professionals close it” (Wall Street adage)
“America’s Labor Bank” (Amalgamated Bank)
“An accountant is a man hired to explain that you didn’t make the money you did”
“An actuary is a someone who wanted to be an accountant, but didn’t have the personality for it”
“An economist finds something working in practice and wonders if it will work in theory”
“An economist is a man who knows tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today”
“An economist’s guess is liable to be as good as anybody else’s”
“An investment portfolio is like a bar of soap; the more you touch it, the smaller it gets”
“Another day, another dollar”
“Anyone can steer the ship in calm waters”
“Anything is deductible until you’re audited”
“Anything worth doing is worth doing for money”
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