"That cotton trade was almost the deal breaker for me. It was at that point that I said, â€œMr. Stupid, why risk everything on one trade? Why not make your life a pursuit of happiness rather than pain?"

-- Paul Tudor Jones

#Pain Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Pursuit Of Happiness Quotes

“The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else -- men, guns, ammunition.”
“For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court”
“The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.”
“Remember to negotiate thickness as well as height on the lettering of your name.”
“I'd say it's that most people think that very wealthy people take huge risks and that's why they have huge rewards. But the very best on earth are completely obsessed with not losing money. That sounds overly simplistic, but they know that if you lost 50 percent, it takes 100 percent to get even. Most people don't make that math in their head, so it takes years and years. They are obsessed with not losing money.”
“I never set my sights low. I've always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves. I was never afraid to take that step, to see what I was capable of doing. Does luck play a role in success, particularly in a creative field? Sure it does. But if you don't have the balls to give it a shot, you're destined to fail.”
“More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other.”
“Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.”

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