Quote of the Day

[giofranchi]

I would like to start this thread, in which anyone can post interesting thoughts they have happened to read. I think few are the truly memorable sentences in a book. Even a book we have liked very much! If everyone on this board might be willing to share those sentences which have most resonated with her/him, I think all of us cannot but benefit a lot! First by those useful ideas themselves, and second by the reading suggestion that follows as a consequence.

 

So, here is one to start:

We are not rich because we have a lot of money. We are rich because we have few needs.

--Armando Fuentes Aguirre “El Catón” (The Wise Man)

[amazonsearch]Thrive, Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way[/amazonsearch] by Dan Buettner.

 

Gio

[giofranchi]

If a business earns 18% on capital over twenty or thirty years, even if you pay an expensive looking price, you'll end up with one hell of a result.

—Charlie Munger

 

Nothing new, of course... But find a very good presentation in attachment! :)

 

Cheers,

 

Gio

IIM_Ranchi_Lecture.pdf

[jawn619]

"Mo Money, Mo Problems." -Notorious B.I.G.

[Ham Hockers]

"Mo Money, Mo Problems." -Notorious B.I.G.

 

Technically, he never says this in the song. So not his quote.

 

Sorry, it's Friday.

[widenthemoat]

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

 

[amazonsearch]How to Win Friends & Influence People[/amazonsearch] - Dale Carnegie

[frugalchief]

"Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still." - Dave Ramsey

[AzCactus]

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants---Isaac Newton.

 

I like this one because pretty much anyone in this forum owes some of their successes to the experiences/lessons of others. 

[investor-man]

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants---Isaac Newton.

 

I like this one because pretty much anyone in this forum owes some of their successes to the experiences/lessons of others.

 

Heh what I like about this quote is it's really an insult, but nobody knows it. The quote comes from a letter Newton wrote to Robert Hooke, who was very short and hunchback. The two of them had a rivalry and were arguing over who deserved credit for some optics discoveries. Hooke wanted some credit, but Newton was basically saying the credit is due to the work of others (giants), not Hooke (short hunchback). So this "inspirational" quote is really a big "f*ck you".

[randomep]

 

 

I really took this to heart: never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience, mark twain.

 

But it is so hard to do!

 

 

[frugalchief]

 

 

I really took this to heart: never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience, mark twain.

 

But it is so hard to do!

 

+1  :P

[Charlie]

Lost time is never found again.  ;)

[steph]

"It is better to ask your wife for forgiveness than for permission."

[cubsfan]

"You make most of your money in a bear market, you just don't realize it at the time"

 

Shelby Cullom Davis

[Zorrofan]

 

 

I really took this to heart: never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience, mark twain.

 

But it is so hard to do!

 

+1

love it.....

[boilermaker75]

“More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly,” Woody Allen.

[alwaysinvert]

"The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can't always depend on their accuracy"

 

Abraham Lincoln

[Mephistopheles]

"The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can't always depend on their accuracy"

 

Abraham Lincoln

LOL

[boilermaker75]

"It is better to ask your wife for forgiveness than for permission."

 

It's better she never finds out.. ;)

[merkhet]

From one of the Noble Prize winners in economics upon going from academia to investing:

 

"The view from the Hudson is different than the view from the Charles."

[One World Trader]

"Pay yourself first"

 

-The Richest Man In Babylon - George Clason

[giofranchi]

You don’t stop running because you get old. You get old because you stop running.

--the Demon

 

Jack Kirk – a.k.a. “the Dipsea Demon” – was still running the hellacious Dipsea Trail Race at age ninety-six. The race begins with a 671-step Cliffside climb, which means a man nearly half as old as America was climbing a fifty-story staircase before running into the woods.

--[amazonsearch]Born to Run[/amazonsearch] by Christopher McDougall

 

He who loves his body more than

Dominion over the empire

Can be given custody of the empire.

--Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching

 

Last Saturday I ran 10 km in 50 minutes, and I could have run longer… Who on the board does better than me? ;D ;)

 

Cheers,

 

Gio

 

[boilermaker75]

 

Last Saturday I ran 10 km in 50 minutes, and I could have run longer… Who on the board does better than me? ;D ;)

 

Cheers,

 

Gio

 

Not me! Running is not a big part of my workouts, I worry about the toll it might take on my legs. I will run a couple of times a week for 5 minutes at the end of my 60 minute workouts. That is mainly so if I really had to run I might be able to!

[writser]

"There are more idiots in the stock market than I previously thought. And I had low expectations.” - S. Biglari.

[giofranchi]

"There are more idiots in the stock market than I previously thought. And I had low expectations.” - S. Biglari.

 

+1! ;)

 

Gio

[petec]

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. 

 

Thomas Edison.