Aaron C. Brown: Quotes about people

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Aaron C. Brown: 30 quotes0 likes

“But you can't ignore dense people-they're not unarmed; they're armed differently.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 8, The Games People Play, p. 231

“Most people wander through life, carelessly taking whatever risk crosses their paths without compensation, but never consciously accepting extra risk to pick up the money and other good things lying all around them.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 3, Finance Basics, p. 67

“If no one gambled against the grain in good times, there would be no winners to inspire people in the bad times.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 4, A Brief History of Risk Denial, p. 81

“Many financial disasters can be traced to people who thought they were hedging.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 4, A Brief History of Risk Denial, p. 83

“Other people snap up the riskless profits pretty fast and bid the price of calculable risk opportunities to near their fair values. Things get a lot less crowded if you go for the incalculable risks, leaps of faith that cannot be inspected carefully before takeoff. So that is where you find extraordinary opportunities.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 1, The Art of Uncalculated Risk, p. 2