If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.
GEORGE SOROSIf I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.
More George Soros Quotes
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The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
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The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
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Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.
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The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
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The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
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Start by assuming the market is always wrong, so if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you’re doomed to do poorly.
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What works for Germany can’t work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.
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It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.
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My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.
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The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don’t have much personal use for money.
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The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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Every bubble has two components: something – some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
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