?The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary,? said Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.?
?Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone,? said the legendary economist, John Maynard Keynes, founder of the modern monetary system.
?When asked how he manages the time to be chairman of Microsoft, run the world?s largest charity, and raise three kids, Bill Gates answered ?I don?t mow the lawn.?
?Interest rates are the physical gravity of financial assets. The lower they are, the higher assets will levitate,? said Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, a leading hedge fund of funds.
?You have to be very careful giving up analogue dollars for digital pennies,? said Jeff Zuker, CEO of NBC.
?Outsourcing is quickly becoming mostly outdated as a business model,? said GE CEO, Jeffrey Immelt.
?We don?t want to go from Wild Turkey to cold turkey overnight,? said Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve.
?It?s basically evil, and I don?t think it should ever be allowed to reach the size that it did. Why should everyone pay a small group of people to basically engage in legalized front running of our orders,? said Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger, about high frequency trading.
?Man, it feels more and more like 199 every day. Risk is being discounted tremendously,? said venture capitalist, Bill Gurley.
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die,? said former congressman Barney Frank about the difficult in achieving true tax reform.
