"Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity - or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories."

-- Robert J. Shiller

#Expectations Quotes #Stupidity Quotes #Focus Quotes

“My God, what have we done?”
“No one cares what operating system you run as long as it stays up.”
“All that is real in human history becomes irrational in the process of time.”

Source : Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx (1941). “Ludwig Feuerbach & the Outcome of Classical German Philosophy”, p.11, International Publishers Co
“Change for me was really hard because I had built myself up to be a certain kind of man my whole life, as men are where I come from. I thought I got to handle things different that's gonna make me feel like a real pussy. For me it was hard to turn the other cheek. Even though it's a stronger choice. It was very hard to make the change, but I had to in order to survive. Otherwise they would have won.”

Source : "Mickey Rourke Talks Immortals, Life, and Sin City". Interview with Wilson Morales, www.blackfilm.com. October 31, 2011.
“Teachers all over the nation are doing the job they are asked to do, but one they are not really prepared to do. To teach volleyball as a physical activity that is also a positive experience. If you care about volleyball, help these teachers have fun and learn more of this great game. Teach the teachers.”
“Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something.”
“Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.”
“I like marriage. The idea.”

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