Some Favorite Quotes

Dave Ramsey's column, Saturday July 18th, on teaching your kids about responsible spending, "If there are video games or music that you feel are inappropriate, then they don't get to buy that stuff-period. If they put trash, filth and nastiness into their minds and spirits, they're going to become trashy filthy and nasty."

From the Motley Fools column of the same date under Ask the Fool: "Strong dividend paying stocks can turbocharge your portfolio. In, "The Future for Investors" (Crown Business, $27.50), Jeremy Siegel reports that an investment in the 10 highest yielding of the 100 largest S&P 500 stocks would have returned more than 15.7% annually from 1957 to 2003, turning a $10,000 investment into more than $8 million. Compare that with an annual gain of 11.2% for the overall S&P 500."