17 Quotes by John Carey

The greatest hindrance to growth in faith is comfortable living.

One of history’s most useful tasks is to bring home to us how keenly, honestly and painfully, past generations pursued aims that now seem to us wrong or disgraceful.

Dickens' plots are his most discardable properties, and often have to be pushed aside to let the strange poetry of his imagination emerge.

Dickens' hypocrites are the prime beneficiaries of his inventive genius. The heroes and heroines have no imagination. We could scrap all the solemn parts of his novels without impairing his status as a writer. But we could not remove Mrs. Gamp or Pecksniff or Bounderby without maiming him irreparably.

There is almost a state of euphoria for the group. We don't have a strong current interest in the group at this time. With highly cyclical stocks, they can crest ahead of earnings.

I think the focus will shift toward corporate profits. Whether they (the Fed) raise rates a quarter point or not, I think it's not going to be the main focus of investors' attention. People are going to be watching the earnings pretty closely .

That was a time when they weren't really sure if things were going to come together, ... And they sure did!

You don't always have to be buying something new,

We don't object, but we don't promote either.