“He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” WellsMayMotivationWealthMoneyOpinionInvestmentGreedInvestingSavingMaking MoneyAweSavingsSaving MoneyLove Of MoneyTime And MoneyAwe InspiringMakin MoneyBest MoneyGreatest WealthMoney Is The Root Of All EvilTime Is MoneySuccess And MoneyWealth And SuccessI Love MoneyWork And Money Book:Poor Richard Day by Day Source: Poor Richard Day by Day
“It is the long-term investor...who will in practice come in for the most criticism... For it is the essence of his behavior that he should be eccentric, unconventional, and rash in the eyes of average opinion” ShouldLongEyeTermOpinionPracticeBehaviorCriticismEssenceInvestingAverageLong TermInvestorsEccentricUnconventional Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.” NeedsBookStatesPhilosophyWholeUnitedResultsOpinionPracticeUnited StatesEconomicDangerMovedInvestingContraryPracticalsAgreementApplicationProgrammesLead InDisillusionEnlargementRoad To Serfdom Author:John Maynard Keynes
“If you put two economists xin a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.” IfsTwoThreeRoomsLordOpinionCasesInvestingEconomistKeynes Author:Winston Churchill
“Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)” WholePoliticalOpinionInvestingObscureUnpredictablePublic OpinionPolitical SystemsDeceptive Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Once public opinion is convinced that the increase in the quantity of money will continue and never come to an end, and that consequently the prices of all commodities will not cease to rise, everybody becomes eager to buy as much as possible and restrict his cash holdings to minimum size... If the credit expansion is not stopped in time, the boom turns to crack-up boom: the flight into real values begins, and the whole monetary system founders.” IfsRealEndsWholeValuesTurnsOpinionIncreaseInvestingSizeCreditConvincedCeaseFlightCracksCashQuantityFoundersMinimumExpansionCommodityPublic OpinionMonetaryReal ValueMonetary System Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Most people, whether bull or bear, when they are right, are right for the wrong reason, in my opinion.” PeopleReasonOpinionBearsInvestingBullsWrong Reasons Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“Macro worries are like sports talk radio. Everyone has a good opinion which probably means that none of them are good.” MeanSportsOpinionWorryInvestingRadioMacroTalk Radio Author:Seth Klarman
“It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.” IfsThinkingShouldLongEyeRunningBeliefTermOpinionTeachPracticeSuccessfulFailingSucceedCriticismMercyEssenceIndependentInvestingAverageReputationLong TermInvestorsBehaviourWorldlyEccentricUnsuccessfulUnconventionalIndependent ThinkingRashnessWorldly Wisdom Author:John Maynard Keynes
“I invest because I love helping entrepreneurs and watching them learn and succeed. In my opinion your motives are driven by self serving factors around ego satisfaction and "making a buck". My motives and values are very different.” DifferentSelfHelpingValuesOpinionSucceedEgoEntrepreneurInvestingSatisfactionDrivenFactorsMotiveServingBucksSelf Serving Author:Ron Conway
“Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing that you don't know something is nearly as valuable as knowing it. The worst situation is thinking you know something when you don't.” ThinkingKnowsLifeAsksEasyGrowthSituationOpinionKnowingWorstProducePersonal GrowthInvestingValuableWorst Situation Author:Ray Dalio