black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

George Soros

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.
GEORGE SOROS

Beginning Comfortable Creation God Kind Live Myself Sick
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
GEORGE SOROS

Finding Interest Manipulation Politics Truth
Every bubble has two components: something – some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
GEORGE SOROS

Component Concept Reality Trend
I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
GEORGE SOROS

Freedom Home Myself Open Society Value
Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge.
GEORGE SOROS

Better Intelligence Investment Limitation Understand
Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
GEORGE SOROS

Concept Growth Market Reality Stock
I don’t panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I’m given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
GEORGE SOROS

Basic Despair Fear Mistake Myself Panic Recognition Survive
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that’s rather shocking for Americans to hear.
GEORGE SOROS

Myself Obstacle Opinion Stability Thinking World
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
GEORGE SOROS

Concept Play Role View World
My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.
GEORGE SOROS

Concept Criticism Frame Important Mistake Myself Wrong
To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.
GEORGE SOROS

Democracy Government International Mindset People Solution State
Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
GEORGE SOROS

Business Health Law Politics Society
The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
GEORGE SOROS

Hard Judgement Level Life Risk
To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
GEORGE SOROS

Hands heavy Need Success Time Yourself
The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
GEORGE SOROS

Attain Improvement Infinite Perfection
The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
GEORGE SOROS

Marketing Reality Science

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More George Soros Quotes