The world according to Steven Wright
Source: http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2009/06/17/the-world-according-to-steven-wright/Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 | In Market Commentary
An e-mail with a number of the sayings of Steven Wright, Academy Award-winning American comedian, actor and writer, is doing the rounds at the moment. He sees things differently from most of us, to our amazement and amusement.
• Here are some of Steven’s gems:
• Borrow money from pessimists – they don’t expect it back.
• Half the people you know are below average.
• 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
• 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
• A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
• If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.
• The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
• I almost had a psychic girlfriend, … but she left me before we met.
• If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
• When everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
• Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.
• Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.
• If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
• A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
• Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
• To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
• Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don’t have film.
Hat tip: James Korman
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Prieur du Plessis has 25 years’ experience in professional investment research and portfolio management. More than 1,000 of his articles on investment-related topics have been published in various regular newspaper, journal and Internet columns. He has also published a book, Financial Basics: Investment. Prieur is chief executive and principal shareholder of South African-based Plexus Asset Management, which he founded in 1995. The group conducts investment management, investment consulting, private equity and real estate activities in South Africa and other African countries. Plexus is the South African partner of John Mauldin, author of the Thoughts from the Frontline e-letter, and also has an exclusive licensing agreement with California-based Research Affiliates for managing and distributing its enhanced Fundamental IndexTM methodology in the Pan-African area. Prieur is 52 years old and lives with his wife, television producer and presenter Isabel Verwey, and two children in Cape Town, South Africa. His recreational activities include long-distance running, motor cycling, traveling and reading. |
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