“Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.” MenSometimesPoliticsChancePowerFailingEventsHairDependsIncreaseProfitNeglectGreat Events Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Private citizens and companies are always seen as evil and greedy, because they want to profit. But the government picks your pocket any chance it can get, but they're never called greedy.” WantGovernmentEvilChanceCompanyCitizensPicksProfitPocketsGreedy Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Economists talk about profit motive, but nothing motivates modern man more than a chance to avoid taxes!” MenChanceModernTaxesProfitMotiveEconomistModern ManProfit Motive Author:Peter Drucker
“Even with a margin of safety in the investor's favor, an individual security may work out badly. For the margin guarantees only that he has a better chance for profit than for loss - not that loss is impossible. But as the number of such commitments is increased the more certain does it become that the aggregate of the profits will exceed the aggregate of the losses.” MayDoeCertainIndividualChanceLossNumbersImpossibleSecurityCommitmentSafetyInvestingProfitWork OutFavorsGuaranteesInvestorsExceedMargins Author:Benjamin Graham