💬 Quotes

"Make friends with people who want the best for you."

"Stand up straight with your shoulders back."

"Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them."

"Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world."

"Breaking someone's heart is a terrible responsibility, and I had a feeling I was going to be doing it a lot."

"True love is usually the most inconvenient kind."

"I didn't want to just be a part of history; I wanted to help shape it."

"Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought things would be like and learn to find joy in the reality of the present."

"If you're going to make a mistake, you might as well make a big one. At least then you'll have a story to tell."

"No matter how much it hurts, being completely honest is the only way to build something that lasts."

"The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them."

"Risk is not inherent in stocks; it is inherent in the investor who doesn't know what they are doing."

"Diversification is your financial seatbelt. It doesn't prevent an accident, but it can save your life if one happens."

"When you buy a stock, you aren't just buying a ticker symbol; you are buying a piece of a real business."

"Bull markets make you money; bear markets make you rich—if you play your cards right."

"Patience is arguably the most valuable asset an investor can possess, often outperforming raw intelligence."

"Morality represents how we would like the world to work and economics represents how it actually does work."

"In the face of an incentive, humans are notoriously unpredictable. Just kidding. Humans are entirely predictable."

"When a crack dealer is making twenty-four thousand dollars a year tax-free, he can afford to live with his mom. When he's making two hundred thousand dollars, he still lives with his mom because the lifestyle of a successful drug dealer involves more risk than savings."

"To understand how a society works, all you have to do is look at its incentives. To understand how a savior might save the world, look for the person with the most unexpected incentive."