Donald Luskin quotes

“Hillary does nothing without careful calculation. She knows that politicians - provided they have real power - who bash entire industries tend to raise huge dollars from individuals in those industries. Certain types of politicians are drawn to this marketing technique because they think the 'bashing' also can be held up as proof that they are not being corrupted. This scheme is called 'putting the squeeze on.' Does that phrase remind you of anything?”
-- Donald Luskin

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“I'd always rather be lucky than smart.”
-- Donald Luskin

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“The fundamental work of investment management is filtering. The question is what do you filter.”
-- Donald Luskin

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“The Internet has leveled the investment playing field.”
-- Donald Luskin

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“The need for empowering investors to have information on the way their own money is invested is not going away.”
-- Donald Luskin

Source : "OpenFund closes its doors". www.cnn.com. August 2, 2001.

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“A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.”

“I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics and foreign policy. Many American Jews refuse to accept it, but the real debate between Israel’s supporters and detractors in America is all but over.”

“Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.”

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't.”

“Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.”

“Political development should start at the grassroots.”

“I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.”

“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”

Source : Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.80, UPNE