"It is fine to have the longest view in the room, as long as the thing at the end of the vista is a gigantic hill of money," said John Lanchester of The New Yorker magazine.
"As successful as solar has become, there was a bloody road of corporate carnage to get there," said Joel Makower, chairman of the GreenBiz Group.
“Risk control is the best route to loss avoidance. Risk avoidance, on the other hand, is likely to lead to return avoidance as well, said Howard Marks, founder of distressed debt giant, Oak Tree Capital Management.
"A fool learns from experience. A wise man learns from the experience of others," said Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of Modern Germany.
"Going to weddings and funerals is part of being a financial advisor," said Theresa Chacopulos of Wells Fargo Private Banking, the top-producing financial advisor in Arizona.
"Kamikaze missions are rarely successful, least of all for the pilots," said Robert Gibbs, former White House Press Secretary.
"The rule of thumb is to do your homework, do your analysis, don't give up prudent risk management for the sake of certain fads. Look for real valuations, and stay true to your time frames," said Marc Chandler, the global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman.
“It’s easier to get out of Cuba than to get out of Facebook,” said a market analyst.
“In the US, you had ten bad years in a row (during the Great Depression) and it still turned out to be a pretty good century, said Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs.
“US stock performance was good in 2025, but is set to be outperformed by Japan, Europe, and emerging markets,” said a top manager at bond giant PIMCO.
