Michael Burry Quotes

In early 2005, I really studied the prospectuses of these mortgage pools that were tranched out into different-rated slices rated by agencies like S&P and Moody's. They had names like Park Place and People's Choice. It was clear to me that many of the buyers of these repackaged subprime mortgages were doing little analysis.

Michael Burry

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PeopleMeDoingEarlyChoicePlace

I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.

Jeff Daniels

WorkListeningSayingThinkAmerican

I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in.

Michael J. Fox

FreedomMyselfChoicesChoiceReact

The goal of listening to customers is not to please every one of them. It's to figure out which customer segments serve your needs - both short and long term.

Steve Blank

ListeningShortCustomerLongGoal

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

St. Jerome

HeartEyesMirrorMindFaceSecrets

The pleasure of reading a story and wondering what will come next for the hero is a pleasure that has lasted for centuries and, I think, will always be with us.

Stan Lee

HeroReadingStoryThinkWillNext

Email has the virtue - sounds like a bad thing, but it's the virtue of being the lowest common denominator messaging protocol. Everyone can have it. It can cross organizational boundaries. No one owns it. It's not some particular company's platform.

Stewart Butterfield

BadVirtueCompanyBoundariesEmail

I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.

Robin McKinley

BusinessMeThinkingGenerationSaid

You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.

Loretta Lynn

SwimmingYouHungrySalmonGet

I think, as an entrepreneur, you have to see the unlimited amount of potential but concentrate on your day and just keep building.

Jon Oringer

DayBuildingThinkPotentialYou

I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.

Bruce Springsteen

SchoolPeopleCollegeMeTroubleGo

Somewhere, over the rainbow, Way up tall, There's a land where they've never heard of cholesterol.

Allan Sherman

RainbowWayLandNeverTallOver

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

William Inge

SaidMoreHumanSheCatThan

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