
Poem written on Death Row; from Arkansas Literary Forum, Volume 9 2007 http://www.wm3.org/live/thewm3/damien_details.php?id=30, as noted on the Free The West Memphis 3 web site. (url accessed on October 16, 2008).
Source: City of Ashes
Poem written on Death Row; from Arkansas Literary Forum, Volume 9 2007 http://www.wm3.org/live/thewm3/damien_details.php?id=30, as noted on the Free The West Memphis 3 web site. (url accessed on October 16, 2008).
“He weights losses about twice as much as gains, which is normal.”
Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011), Chapter 26, "Prospect theory", page 288 (ISBN 9780141033570).
“Men and boys are learning all kinds of trades but how to make men of themselves.”
Letter to Harrison Blake (20 May 1860); published in Familiar Letters (1865)
Context: Men and boys are learning all kinds of trades but how to make men of themselves. They learn to make houses; but they are not so well housed, they are not so contented in their houses, as the woodchucks in their holes. What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? — If you cannot tolerate the planet that it is on? Grade the ground first. If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him … he will be surrounded by grandeur. He is in the condition of a healthy and hungry man, who says to himself, — How sweet this crust is!
“And it's amazing how much noise people ignoring each other can make.”
Source: Benny and Babe
“If markets were truly efficient, then you shouldn't be able to make any money rebalancing.”
Source: The Four Pillars of Investing (2002), Chapter 14, Getting Started, Keeping It Going, p. 290.
“I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff."- Clary
"I was born amazing." - Jace”
Source: City of Fallen Angels