“Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher.” RunningYoungWinningIndividualLosesChanceCompanyHigherPureToughSeekingWinnerFollyFundInvestorsSophisticatedTicketsVentureLotteryLottery Ticket Author:Steven Rattner
“When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.” WholeRunningStuffLosesRoomsTalkingMouthsBunchNegativity Author:Allen Iverson
“life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.” LifeRunningPastStrongLosesSweetRunning AwayElusiveHurrying Book:The Best of Willa Cather Source: The Best of Willa Cather
“Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts. And equally, of course, whenever we rebel against the sterile rigidity of formal thought and exposition and let our ideas run wild, we likewise lose. As I see it, the advances in scientific thought come from a combination of lose and strict thinking, and this combination is the most precious tool of science.” ThinkingWayIdeasRunningCoursesLosesAbilityPrideFindingsToolsCombinationRebelFormalStrictNew ThoughtRigidity Author:Gregory Bateson
“If a betting game among a certain number of participants I played long enough, eventually one player will have all the money. If there is any skill involved, it will accelerate the process of concentrating all the stakes in a few hands. Something like this happens in the market. There is a persistent overall tendency for equity to flow from the many to the few. In the long run, the majority loses. The implication for the trader is that to win you have to act like the minority. If you bring normal human habits and tendencies to trading, you'll gravitate toward the majority and inevitably lose.” IfsHumansLongEnoughHandsHappensRunningCertainGamesWinningProcessLosesNumbersPlayerHabitInvolvedSkillsNormalFlowMajorityTendenciesMinoritiesStakesLong RunsTradingEquityPersistentImplicationsParticipantsConcentratingTradersAccelerateBetting Author:William Eckhardt
“The market likes to lull you into the false security of high success rate techniques, which often lose disastrously in the long run. The general idea is that what works most of the time is nearly the opposite of what works in the long run.” LongIdeasRunningLosesSecurityOppositesRateTechniqueLikesLong RunsLulls Author:William Eckhardt
“Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the people running the company and the people doing the work. They no longer have an inherent feel or a passion about the products. The creative people, who are the ones who care passionately, have to persuade five layers of management to do what they know is the right thing to do.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCareRunningPassionGrowsLosesBusinessCompanyVisionCreativeFiveMiddleProductsManagementDollarsBillionsThings To DoRight ThingLayersInherentEntityWho CaresCreative PeopleInsertMiddle Management Author:Steve Jobs
“Battles I lose none I make crews run I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one” DoneUseRunningLosesFoolBattleTenFingersCrew Author:Big L
“There are no checks and balances if the gov is wrong. If a private entrepreneur makes a mistake, he goes bankrupt, the losses are cut; if he bets wrong, he loses; if the gov bets wrong, they just get bigger, they just appropriate more money. It's a bottomless pit, because they either get it from the tax payers or run it off a printing press.” IfsRunningLosesLossMistakeCuttingBalanceTaxesBiggerPressesEntrepreneurChecksAppropriateMore MoneyPitsPrintingPrinting Press Author:Peter Schiff
“A lot of times people start out with a lot of good ideas, but then they don't execute. They lose the purity of their vision. You end up running around in circles.” PeopleIdeasEndsRunningLosesVisionCirclesPurityGood IdeasExecution Author:Jan Koum
“In Montana, a math teacher is running for the Senate. Win or lose, she plans on demanding a recount because math is fun.” RunningWinningFunLosesTeacherPlansMathSenateMontanaWin Or LoseMath Teacher Author:Conan O'Brien
“Remember that failure is part of the process of successful running. Performance is a roller coaster; to think otherwise is irrational and will cause you much stress and discouragement. Lighten up on yourself. Ups and downs can be expected. The performance of most serious runners fluctuates by the week. You win some, you lose some; some days you're hot, some days you're not. Don't fight with yourself when failure, the teacher, pays an unexpected visit. Open up to learning from it.” ThinkingRunningRememberFightingWinningCausesProcessLosesPaySuccessfulTeacherWeekSeriousPerformancesStressHotExpectedUnexpectedIrrationalRunnersUps & DownsDiscouragementRoller CoasterCoasters Author:Jerry Lynch
“Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.” RunningLosesCocky Author:Barbara Corcoran
“A lot of times I did lose yards on a run, but it wasn't for lack of trying.” TryingRunningLosesNflYards Author:Barry Sanders
“When I look back at what I've written and try to explain it, it doesn't help, but it helps to be in a process of writing. It's the same thing with reading - you lose yourself when you read as well. When I was younger I used literature that way, it was just escapism, a tool to run away from things.” WayWritingTryingWellsLooksHelpingRunningUsedReadingLiteratureProcessLosesWrittenToolsRunning AwayEscapismLosing Yourself Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“Taboos on the human heart are more dangerous than any risk we run by using our emotions. Sensation is the life of man; it is his actual energy. To suppress it is to lose creative power!” MenHumansHeartRunningEnergyLosesEmotionCreativeRiskDangerousSensationsHuman HeartTabooCreative Power Author:Phyllis Bottome
“The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh. Creativity has a lot to do with a willingness to take risks. Think about how children play. They run around the playground, they trip, they fall, they get up and run some more. They believe everything will be all right. They feel capable; they let go. Good businesspeople behave in a similar way: they lose $15 million, gain $20 million, lose $30 million and earn it back. If that isn't playing, I don't know what is!” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsYearsBelieveChildrenPlayRunningFallFearLosesEnemyCreativityMillionsLaughingRiskLetting GoCapableDrawsGainsNineGet UpBehaveWillingnessFearfulFreezePlaygroundsNine YearsGood BusinessChildren Playing Author:Faith Ringgold
“When I say I am going to run three miles, I run five. With that mentality, it is actually difficult to lose.” RunningThreeDifficultLosesFiveMilesMentality Author:Will Smith
“While fad diets might seem like the quick-fix solution to lose weight, they won't help you get healthy in the long run.” LongHelpingSeemsMightRunningLosesHealthySolutionsWeightDietsLong RunsLose WeightFadsQuick FixesFad Diets Author:Daphne Oz
“The entertainment business is hard on relationships, but it's just as hard on your own spiritual well-being. It's easy to lose focus, to forget your priorities and wander from the path. There is not any one thing you can do to survive this desert. It's a matter of maintenance, of the small things you do every day and every week to keep the engine running smoothly.” WellsMatterHardRunningSpiritualEasyCan DoLosesForgetPathFocusOne ThingWeekStressEntertainmentPrioritiesWanderWell BeingDesertEnginesSmall ThingsMaintenanceForget YouEntertainment Business Author:Ralph K. Winter, Jr.
“The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.” RunningLosesChallengesPrinciplesTroubleSightFounders Author:Jesse Helms