"My career in academic research has not been involved with active management of securities. I've tried to understand risk-and-return relationships; also the pricing of derivative securities."

-- Myron Scholes

#Careers Quotes #Risk Quotes #Return Quotes

“Whenever I was called a gourmet, I suspected I was being accused of something at least slightly unpleasant. But that was before I heard the term "foodie." I am still not sure that a gourmet is a good thing to be, but it must be better than a foodie.”

Source : Mark Kurlansky (2013). “Choice Cuts”, p.23, Random House
“I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.”

Source : "Intensive care" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. July 07, 2002.
“Let my Peace which passes all understanding infill and enfold you, for when you are at Peace within, you reflect Peace without, and all those souls you meet will feel that Peace.”
“He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain.”

Source : Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). “Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust”, p.39, New Directions Publishing
“I don't believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think all people have greatness inside them. It is just a matter of persistence--sticking to what you have envisioned until it is reality. I have a deep conviction that everyone, including you, has been given exactly the right set of gifts to fulfill some magnificent purpose in life. Greatness must simply be chosen. And if you choose it, it will happen.”
“I would love to play a nun. I used to want to be one when I was a kid.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When you're young and fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter.”
“I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”

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