My Characters Are Actually Usually Pretty Smart

Wall Street, With Its Army Of Brokers, Analysts, And Advisers Funneling Trillions Of Dollars Into Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, And Private Equity Funds, Is An Elaborate Fraud.

Some Coaches Believed They Could Judge A Player's Performance Simply By Watching It. In This They Were Deeply Mistaken. The Naked Eye Was An Inadequate Tool For Learning What You Needed To Know To Evaluate Baseball Players And Baseball Games. Think About It. One Absolutely Cannot Tell, By Watching, The Difference Between A .300 Hitter And A .275 Hitter. The Difference Is One Hit Every Two Weeks. The Difference Between A Good Hitter And An Average Hitter Is Simply Not Visible-it Is A Matter Of Record

The Reason The Greeks Don't Pay Taxes Is They Don't Trust Where Their Taxes Are Going, Because They Know These Other Greeks Are Taking Money From The State For Doing Nothing. So It's - It's An Essentially Corrupt Society.

The Vicious Cycle That Is Bringing Down European States Is Not Going To Hit Us [the Usa], At Least Not For A While, At The Level Of The Federal Government. The Same Cannot Be Said Of State And Local Governments.

Yet Another Hedge Fund Manager Explained Icelandic Banking To Me This Way: You Have A Dog, And I Have A Cat. We Agree That Each Is Worth A Billion Dollars. You Sell Me The Dog For A Billion, And I Sell You The Cat For A Billion. Now We Are No Longer Pet Owners But Icelandic Banks, With A Billion Dollars In New Assets.