Capacity
The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain. Jennifer Aniston – American actress (b. 1969), in an interview with the “Oprah Magazine” (Ma y7th, 2004)
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Try
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try. Seth W. Godin – American author and former dot com business executive and company founder (b. 1960)
Eccentricities
Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won”t think you”re going gaga. David Ogilvy – legendary British advertising executive and entrepreneur (1911-1999)
Learn
You can observe a lot just by watching. Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra – American baseball player and -manager (1925-2015)
Wisdom
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver. The Bible, Proverbs 16:16 (NIV)
Why I believe in Christianity
Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It is a religion you could not have guessed, I should feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have. C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Mere...
Turn to
Ò δέ καθήμενος μετὰ ἀδελφῶν, οὐκ ὀφείλει εἶναι τετραγωνιαῖος, ἀλλὰ στρογγύλος, ἵνα πρὸς πάντας κυλίηται. wisdom of Abbas Matoe – early Christian monk, as quotet in “The Words of the Fathers” (“Apophthegmata Patrum”), a book about the first Christian monks in Egypt (3rd to 5th...
Find
People […] grow five thousand roses in the same garden and yet do not find what they are looking for. […] What they are looking for could be found in one single rose. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – French writer and aviator (1900-1944), from “The Little Prince”, Chapter XXV (1943) Les hommes […] cultivent cinq mille roses dans un même jardin… et ils n”y...
Benchmark-indifferent
Pick cheap stocks. If you are any good at it, they will do better than the good, the bad and the ugly included in the index. Massimo Fuggetta – Italian Asset manager, CIO at Bayes Investments (b. 1961), in his presentation “Investing: Theory vs. practice” (14 March 2019)
Enjoy uncertainty
You have a choice. You can worry until you drop dead. Or you can prefer to enjoy the little bit of uncertainty. Norman Mailer – American writer and director (1923-2007)
Serenity
One of the hardest things for most investors is to sit by and watch other people make money. Howard S. Marks – American investor, Co-Chairman Oaktree Capital Management (b. 1946)
Learn
You can learn a lot just by asking. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930)
Деньги
Деньги есть чеканенная свобода. Федор Достоевский – русский писатель (1821-1881), из “Записки из Мёртвого дома” (1862), Цитаты 2005
Graphically makes memorable
Whatever you write: Write short – and they will read it. Write clearly – and they will understand it. Write graphically – and they will keep it in mind. Joseph Pulitzer – American publisher and benefactor (1847-1911), Quotations books 2003 + 2024
Securities
Once you attain competency, diversification is undesirable. One or two, or at most three or four, securities should be bought. Gerald M. Loeb – American investor (1899-1974), from “The Battle for Investment Survival” (1935), Quotations book 2019
Use time
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. John F. Kennedy – American politician, 1961-63 35th president (1917-1963), in his speech at the National Association of Manufacturers in New York (December 6th, 1961), Quotations book 2019
Interview question
Tell me something that”s true, that almost nobody agrees with you on. Peter A. Thiel – German-born American investor and company founder: PayPal (b. 1967), in a discussion with entrepreneur and LinkedIn”s co-founder Reid Hoffman (2012), Quotations book 2019
Everyone is edifying
I have rarely if ever found anyone out of whom I could not extract amusement or edification. Sir Walter Scott – Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian (1771-1832), from his diary, published as “The Journal of Sir Walter Scott”, volume 1 (1890)
Generosity
Generosity is taking care of the others. Jean-Pascal Bobst – Swiss mechanical engineer and manager (b. 1965), Quotations book 2019