May 18, 2008
Quotes Entirely Relevant to Investing 05-18-2008
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
-Vladimir Lenin
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
-Vladimir Lenin
You know, the usual: supreme power, undue influence over others, world domination.
-David Harding of Winton Capital Management when asked about what drives him in Traderdaily
I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
-Fidel Castro
Wooo!!! Business drunk! More business juice please!
-Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Anytime is the best time to buy.
-Kieran Quinn, chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
-Herbert HooverHeston Addendum:
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!
-Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes
Pattern recognition and memorization is key…If you do not know the next pattern coming up in a Tron Light Cycle Event…You will lose your life.
-Robert Mruczek in King of Kong
And you know it hurts my feelings, if nothing else, that the Swiss franc is worth more than the dollar.
-Paul Volcker in an intereview this week with Charlie Rose
A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the shit that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come.
-Lester Freamon on The Wire
But here’s my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can’t buy backbone. Don’t let them forget it. Thank you.
-Herman Blume in Rushmore
I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people…There are times when I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money that I can get away from everyone…I see the worst in people. I don’t need to look past seeing them to get all I need. I’ve built my hatreds up over the years, little by little, Henry… to have you here gives me a second breath. I can’t keep doing this on my own with these… people.
-Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
Everything in the universe relates to the number 5, one way or another, given enough ingenuity on the part of the interpreter.
-Principia Discordia (ht: Chris)