I'm a big Germs fan; most people are.
A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom As It Relates To Investment Management & Business
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome
Our biggest mistakes, were things we didn't do, companies we didn't buy.
Assume life will be really tough, and then ask if you can handle it. If the answer is yes, you've won.
Move only when you have an advantage. It's very basic. You have to understand the odds and have the discipline to bet only when the odds are in your favor.
'Crowd folly', the tendency of humans, under some circumstances, to resemble lemmings, explains much foolish thinking of brilliant men and much foolish behavior - like investment management practices of many foundations represented here today. It is sad that today each institutional investor apparently fears most of all that its investment practices will be different from practices of the rest of the crowd.
The condition of visibility as it relates to black people was crucial. Connected to that, I've always been interested in science fiction and horror films and was acutely aware of the political and social implications of Ralph Ellison's description of invisibility as it relates to black people, as opposed to the kind of retinal invisibility that H. G. Wells described in his novel Invisible Man.
There is not one but many silences, and they are an integral part of the strategies that underlie and permeate discourses.
If I'm driving to L. A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.
The chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are healed.