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Michael Lewis Quotes

The arrangement bore the same relation to actual finance as fantasy football bears to the NFL Picture Quote #1

Why pay $20 million to Harrison Ford? I don’t even understand that. They think they have to do it... If someone puts a price on himself, that suggests he is irreplaceable, then he better find somewhere else to work Picture Quote #1

There has been this - and it’s reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic Picture Quote #1

There are several insights at the heart of the A’s system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it’s a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god’s sake don’t go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy Picture Quote #1

The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can’t go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers Picture Quote #1

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up Picture Quote #1

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My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is now taking care of them who is wondering where her husband is Picture Quote #1

If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it Picture Quote #1

He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence Picture Quote #1

There’s no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower Picture Quote #1

The sheer quantity of brain power that hurled itself voluntarily and quixotically into the search for new baseball knowledge was either exhilarating or depressing, depending on how you felt about baseball. The same intellectual resources might have cured the common cold, or put a man on Pluto Picture Quote #1

At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark’s face would get red and he’d start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers Picture Quote #1

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Warren Buffett is fond of saying that any player unaware of the fool in the market probably is the fool in the market Picture Quote #1

I thought instead of a good rule for survival on Wall Street: Never agree to anything proposed on someone else’s boat or you’ll regret in in the morning Picture Quote #1

He’s a machine for competitive balance,... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his hands. But he squanders money. Thank God for it Picture Quote #1

In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000 Picture Quote #1

The lesson of Buffett was: To succeed in a spectacular fashion you had to be spectacularly unusual Picture Quote #1

The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph. D.’s in man’s ignorance Picture Quote #1

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The CDO was, in effect, a credit laundering service for the residents of Lower Middle Class America. For Wall Street it was a machine that turned lead into gold Picture Quote #1

Jacks are home runs. So are dongs, bombs, and big flies. Baseball people express their fondness for a thing by thinking up lots of different ways to say it Picture Quote #1

Both had trouble generating conviction of their own but no trouble at all reacting to what they viewed as the false conviction of others Picture Quote #1

When you’re trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way Picture Quote #1

A credit default swap was confusing mainly because it wasn’t really a swap at all. It was an insurance policy, typically on a corporate bond, with semiannual premium payments and a fixed term Picture Quote #1

It is far better to keep the enemy close, by bribing him with stock options, than to have him out in the wild, foraging Picture Quote #1

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The U.S. stock market was now a class system, rooted in speed, of haves and have-nots. The haves paid for nanoseconds; the have-nots had no idea that nanoseconds had value. The haves enjoyed a perfect view of the market; the have-nots never saw the market at all Picture Quote #1

Hollywood would much prefer the author be dead, so that they can buy the book and do what they want to do with it Picture Quote #1

The creation of the mortgage bond market, a decade earlier, had extended Wall Street into a place it had never before been: the debts of ordinary Americans Picture Quote #1

At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark’s face would get red and he’d start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers Picture Quote #1

The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It’s hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too Picture Quote #1

The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons Picture Quote #1

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The arrangement bore the same relation to actual finance as fantasy football bears to the NFL (Michael Lewis Quotes) Why pay $20 million to Harrison Ford? I don’t even understand that. They think they have to do it... If someone puts a price on himself, that suggests he is irreplaceable, then he better find somewhere else to work (Michael Lewis Quotes) There has been this - and it’s reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic (Michael Lewis Quotes) There are several insights at the heart of the A’s system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it’s a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god’s sake don’t go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy (Michael Lewis Quotes) The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can’t go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers (Michael Lewis Quotes) The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up (Michael Lewis Quotes) My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is now taking care of them who is wondering where her husband is (Michael Lewis Quotes) If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it (Michael Lewis Quotes) He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence (Michael Lewis Quotes) There’s no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower (Michael Lewis Quotes) The sheer quantity of brain power that hurled itself voluntarily and quixotically into the search for new baseball knowledge was either exhilarating or depressing, depending on how you felt about baseball. The same intellectual resources might have cured the common cold, or put a man on Pluto (Michael Lewis Quotes) At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark’s face would get red and he’d start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers (Michael Lewis Quotes) Warren Buffett is fond of saying that any player unaware of the fool in the market probably is the fool in the market (Michael Lewis Quotes) I thought instead of a good rule for survival on Wall Street: Never agree to anything proposed on someone else’s boat or you’ll regret in in the morning (Michael Lewis Quotes) He’s a machine for competitive balance,... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his hands. But he squanders money. Thank God for it (Michael Lewis Quotes) In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000 (Michael Lewis Quotes) The lesson of Buffett was: To succeed in a spectacular fashion you had to be spectacularly unusual (Michael Lewis Quotes) The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph. D.’s in man’s ignorance (Michael Lewis Quotes) The CDO was, in effect, a credit laundering service for the residents of Lower Middle Class America. For Wall Street it was a machine that turned lead into gold (Michael Lewis Quotes) Jacks are home runs. So are dongs, bombs, and big flies. Baseball people express their fondness for a thing by thinking up lots of different ways to say it. (Michael Lewis Quotes) Both had trouble generating conviction of their own but no trouble at all reacting to what they viewed as the false conviction of others. (Michael Lewis Quotes) When you’re trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way. (Michael Lewis Quotes) A credit default swap was confusing mainly because it wasn’t really a swap at all. It was an insurance policy, typically on a corporate bond, with semiannual premium payments and a fixed term. (Michael Lewis Quotes) It is far better to keep the enemy close, by bribing him with stock options, than to have him out in the wild, foraging. (Michael Lewis Quotes) The U.S. stock market was now a class system, rooted in speed, of haves and have-nots. The haves paid for nanoseconds; the have-nots had no idea that nanoseconds had value. The haves enjoyed a perfect view of the market; the have-nots never saw the market at all. (Michael Lewis Quotes) Hollywood would much prefer the author be dead, so that they can buy the book and do what they want to do with it. (Michael Lewis Quotes) The creation of the mortgage bond market, a decade earlier, had extended Wall Street into a place it had never before been: the debts of ordinary Americans. (Michael Lewis Quotes) At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark’s face would get red and he’d start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers. (Michael Lewis Quotes) The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It’s hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too. (Michael Lewis Quotes) The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons (Michael Lewis Quotes)

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