He was blessed with an unconventional mind, which overcame his conventional middle-class upbringing.
Michael LewisTag: conventional unconventional
The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph.D.’s in man’s ignorance.
Michael LewisEverything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . .
Michael LewisTag: obvious retrospect
I was gonna put him on the bus...I got tired of him talking, it was time for him to go home.
Michael LewisThose who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.
Michael LewisFrom the snap of the ball to the snap of the first bone is closer to four seconds than to five.
and Lawrence Taylor (fearless tackle) WE all have fears, we all have fears!!
What I learned playing basketball at Ole Miss," he said, "was what not to do: beat up a kid. It's easy to beat up a kid. The hard thing is to build him up.
Michael LewisWhat are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don’t need to make smart decisions—if they can get rich making dumb decisions?
Michael LewisThe simple measure of sanity in housing prices, Zelman argued, was the ratio of median home price to income. Historically, in the United States, it ran around 3:1; by late 2004, it had risen nationally, to 4:1. “All these people were saying it was nearly as high in some other countries,” says Zelman. “But the problem wasn’t just that it was four to one. In Los Angeles it was ten to one and in Miami, eight-point-five to one.
Michael LewisTag: recession 2008 real-estate
The lesson of Buffett was: To succeed in a spectacular fashion you had to be spectacularly unusual.
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