I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter I do not preserve myself. Jose Ortega Gassett
"Never will a man penetrate deeper into error than when he is continuing on a road that has lead him to great success" -Friedrich von Hayek ( Counterrevolution of Science 1899-1992)
There is no democracy in trading. The opinion of the average Joe is not usually as good as a proved expert's.
You can't think your way into right action, but you can act your way into right thinking - Bill Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous
"Great investors tend to have a "screw loose", pursuing the game not for profit, but sport." -David F. Swensen
[A contrarian's opportunity] if everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. -General George S. Patton Jr.
"Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected" -George Soros
This has probably already been posted in this thread, but come on, I am not reading 32 pages ... 'Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon' - Jesse Livermore