- The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.
- I didn’t think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.
- When you’re trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
- Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other.
- We have the Google family calendar. Before a week starts, my wife and I sit down to decide who’s driving who to school or when can we go out on a date.
- 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.
- My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like tomatoes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
10 inspirational michael lewis quotes on success
