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Michael Lewis Quotes

You can anchor the mind into answering a question a certain way by giving them a totally unrelated piece of information dropped before Picture Quote #1

The vicious cycle that is bringing down European states is not going to hit USA, at least not for a while, at the level of the federal government. The same cannot be said of state and local governments Picture Quote #1

They [some countries] borrowed money to go acquire things, Indian power plants and Danish newspapers and British soccer teams. And they did it willy-nilly, and they themselves a story, that Icelandic history and culture and DNA leaves us very well-suited to being investment bankers Picture Quote #1

I procrastinate to a point where I’m filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It’s usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going Picture Quote #1

Time and space are absolute. Diseases are evil spirits that inhabit the body. Parallel lines never meet. The earth is the center of the universe. Children are miniature adults. At one time in history each of these beliefs was generally held to be true. Each, however, gave way to different ideas and even different world views Picture Quote #1

Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that each is worth a billion dollars. You sell me the dog for a billion, and I sell you the cat for a billion. Now we are no longer pet owners but Icelandic banks, with a billion dollars in new assets Picture Quote #1

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What happens when we acknowledge the sovereignty and power of God without trusting in His goodness and faithfulness? A pitcher who saw God’s power behind his extremely unlikely rise to the big leagues wondered if, at any difficulty he encountered there, God might be taking his ability away Picture Quote #1

There was but one question he left unasked, and it vibrated between his lines: if gross miscalculations of a person’s value could occur on a baseball field, before a live audience of thirty thousand, and a television audience of millions more, what did that say about the measurement of performance in other lines of work? If professional baseball players could be over- or under valued, who couldn’t? 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

I don’t think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national pasttime, it is watching TV Picture Quote #1

There’s something bad in everything good and something good in everything bad Picture Quote #1

If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages Picture Quote #1

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Every form of strength is also a form of weakness Picture Quote #1

As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off Picture Quote #1

We change for the good so long as good exists around us Picture Quote #1

Those who know don’t tell and those who tell don’t know Picture Quote #1

Why isn’t someone smarter than us doing this? Picture Quote #1

Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich Picture Quote #1

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I was gonna put him on the bus... I got tired of him talking, it was time for him to go home Picture Quote #1

The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom Picture Quote #1

I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn’t it be nice if they looked in the mirror? Picture Quote #1

The inability to envision a certain kind of person doing a certain kind of thing because you’ve never seen someone who looks like him do it before is not just a vice. It’s a luxury. What begins as a failure of the imagination ends as a market inefficiency: when you rule out an entire class of people from doing a job simply by their appearance, you are less likely to find the best person for the job 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

Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book Picture Quote #1

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My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like tomatoes Picture Quote #1

Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn’t speak very much for the larger culture Picture Quote #1

Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it’s still being made all over the place, all the time Picture Quote #1

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation Picture Quote #1

People in both fields operate with beliefs and biases. To the extent you can eliminate both and replace them with data, you gain a clear advantage Picture Quote #1

The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything Picture Quote #1

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You can anchor the mind into answering a question a certain way by giving them a totally unrelated piece of information dropped before. (Michael Lewis Quotes) The vicious cycle that is bringing down European states is not going to hit USA, at least not for a while, at the level of the federal government. The same cannot be said of state and local governments (Michael Lewis Quotes) They [some countries] borrowed money to go acquire things, Indian power plants and Danish newspapers and British soccer teams. And they did it willy-nilly, and they themselves a story, that Icelandic history and culture and DNA leaves us very well-suited to being investment bankers (Michael Lewis Quotes) I procrastinate to a point where I’m filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It’s usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going (Michael Lewis Quotes) Time and space are absolute. Diseases are evil spirits that inhabit the body. Parallel lines never meet. The earth is the center of the universe. Children are miniature adults. At one time in history each of these beliefs was generally held to be true. Each, however, gave way to different ideas and even different world views (Michael Lewis Quotes) Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that each is worth a billion dollars. You sell me the dog for a billion, and I sell you the cat for a billion. Now we are no longer pet owners but Icelandic banks, with a billion dollars in new assets (Michael Lewis Quotes) What happens when we acknowledge the sovereignty and power of God without trusting in His goodness and faithfulness? A pitcher who saw God’s power behind his extremely unlikely rise to the big leagues wondered if, at any difficulty he encountered there, God might be taking his ability away (Michael Lewis Quotes) There was but one question he left unasked, and it vibrated between his lines: if gross miscalculations of a person’s value could occur on a baseball field, before a live audience of thirty thousand, and a television audience of millions more, what did that say about the measurement of performance in other lines of work? If professional baseball players could be over- or under valued, who couldn’t? (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) I don’t think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national pasttime, it is watching TV (Michael Lewis Quotes) There’s something bad in everything good and something good in everything bad (Michael Lewis Quotes) If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages (Michael Lewis Quotes) Every form of strength is also a form of weakness (Michael Lewis Quotes) As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off (Michael Lewis Quotes) We change for the good so long as good exists around us (Michael Lewis Quotes) Those who know don’t tell and those who tell don’t know (Michael Lewis Quotes) Why isn’t someone smarter than us doing this? (Michael Lewis Quotes) Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich (Michael Lewis Quotes) I was gonna put him on the bus... I got tired of him talking, it was time for him to go home (Michael Lewis Quotes) The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom (Michael Lewis Quotes) I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn’t it be nice if they looked in the mirror? (Michael Lewis Quotes) The inability to envision a certain kind of person doing a certain kind of thing because you’ve never seen someone who looks like him do it before is not just a vice. It’s a luxury. What begins as a failure of the imagination ends as a market inefficiency: when you rule out an entire class of people from doing a job simply by their appearance, you are less likely to find the best person for the job (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) Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book (Michael Lewis Quotes) My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like tomatoes (Michael Lewis Quotes) Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn’t speak very much for the larger culture (Michael Lewis Quotes) Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it’s still being made all over the place, all the time (Michael Lewis Quotes) In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation (Michael Lewis Quotes) People in both fields operate with beliefs and biases. To the extent you can eliminate both and replace them with data, you gain a clear advantage (Michael Lewis Quotes) The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything (Michael Lewis Quotes)

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