Quotable Quotes

“Here’s the thing about behavioral economics. People are crazy.” – Phil Pearlman

“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.” – Marcus Aurelius

“… under conditions of complexity, not only are checklists a help, they are required for success.” – Atul Gawande

“To become a philosopher king, start with being a king, not being a philosopher.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.” – John Wheeler

“Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else’s mistake” – Gautama Buddha

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Henry David Thoreau

“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.” – Albert Einstein

“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.” – Jack Kerouac

“The stock market is the only market where things go on sale and all the customers run out of the store…” – Cullen Roche

“If you’re overthinkg, write. If you’re underthinking, read.” – Alex and Books Tweet

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle

“The truth is, a habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can’t learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the fineer details.” – James Clear

“How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.” – Robert G. Allen

“Work hard” – Colossians 3:23

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.” – Voltaire

“Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable” – President Eisenhower

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” – Oscar Wilde

“Skeptics sound smart. Optimists make money” – Nat Friedman

“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron
