Steve Rivkin quotes

Steve Rivkin quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The more unpredictable the world is the more we rely on predictions.”
-- Steve Rivkin

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“One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.”
“Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.”
“If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.”
“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”
“Art is not the spiritual side of business.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.56, Univ of California Press
“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.”
“Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.”
“First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.”
“The usefulness of the models in constructing a testable theory of the process is severely limited by the quickly increasing number of parameters which must be estimated in order to compare the predictions of the models with empirical results.”

Source : Anatol Rapoport, Albert M. Chammah (1965). “Prisoner's Dilemma: A Study in Conflict and Cooperation”, p.150, University of Michigan Press

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