(57 quotes found)
“The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.”
George Soros
“The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable”
“My principle is to survive first and make money afterward”
“It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.”
“Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.”
“Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.”
“The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.”
“Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.”
“Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.”
“The absurdity of its illegality has been clear to me for some time. I learned about pot from my kids and realized it was a lot better than Scotch, and I loved the Scotch. Then I went to my doctor, and he said, 'I'm thrilled. You're drinking too much. You're much better off doing pot than drinking.'”