Whitney Tilson quotes

“If you are able to look beyond near term trouble, you have an advantage over many professional investors”
-- Whitney Tilson

Source : Whitney Tilson, Glenn Tongue (2009). “More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times”, p.141, John Wiley & Sons

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“What's both fascinating and challenging about investing is that the changing nature of business and finance means you can never have it all figured out.”
-- Whitney Tilson

Source : Whitney Tilson, Glenn Tongue (2009). “More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times”, p.139, John Wiley & Sons

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“To succeed as a contrarian you must recognize what the crowd believes, have concrete justification for why the majority is wrong, and have the patience and conviction to stick with what is, by definition, an unpopular bet.”
-- Whitney Tilson

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“Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.”
-- Whitney Tilson

Source : Whitney Tilson, Glenn Tongue (2009). “More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times”, p.138, John Wiley & Sons

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“I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.”

Source : "Abbas Kiarostami's best shot". Interview with Abbas Kiarostami, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2009.

“I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn't likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.”

“We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.”

“The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within — and make the point: This can be done.”

“I'm kind of glad that I was able to properly grow up before becoming a massive movie star.”

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“I don't look at myself as suffering.”

“There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.”

“Look at the blogosphere - the biggest lavatory wall in the universe, a palimpsest of graffiti and execration.”

Source : A. C. Grayling (2009). “Liberty in the Age of Terror: A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values”, Bloomsbury Publishing

“Prohibition has made nothing but trouble”

“Some folks goes right under when trouble comes, but I carry mine fur an' easy.”

Source : Alice Hegan Rice (2015). “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”, p.121, University Press of Kentucky