"Diversification is a surrogate - and a damn poor surrogate - for knowledge, elements of control, and priceconsciousness."

-- Martin J. Whitman

#Investing Quotes #Elements Quotes #Poor Quotes

“So now I'm thinking about it. I'm imagining sitting down with my parents and actually saying, "I'm gay." And you know what? It makes me a little mad. I mean, straight guys don't have to sit their parents down and tell them they like girls.”
“Marriage is based on the theory that when a man discovers a brand of beer exactly to his taste, he should at once throw up his job and go to work inthe brewery.”
“This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.”

Source : Amanda Hocking (2010). “Hollowland”
“We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease.”
“I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution”

Source : "No Easy Answers: An Interview with James Q. Wilson". Interview with William D. Eggers and John O'Leary, reason.com. February 1, 1995.
“The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.”
“I may not be able to keep fighting for money... but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's who I am.”
“The only way to consistently stay ahead of the game is to adopt a long-term view and, if appropriate, with a strong contrarian spin.”

Source : Mark Mobius (2012). “The Little Book of Emerging Markets: How To Make Money in the World's Fastest Growing Markets”, p.82, John Wiley & Sons

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