The only thing that could hurt me is if my success encouraged me to return to my childhood fantasies of omnipotence -… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error. — George Soros Copy Share Image
If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The generally accepted theory is that financial markets tend towards equilibrium, and...discount the future correctly. I operate using a different theory, according… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I don't use my money to gain political influence for my private interests, which is what many rich people do, and what,… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test. The main difference is that… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Although I have made a fortune in the financial markets, I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing… — George Soros Copy Share Image
If we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states. — George Soros Copy Share Image
In certain circumstances, financial markets can affect the so-called fundamentals which they are supposed to reflect. When that happens, markets enter into… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention, and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Financial markets ... resent any kind of government interference but they hold a belief deep down that if conditions get really rough… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I would be lying, however, if I claimed that I could always formulate worthwhile hypotheses on the basis of my theoretical framework.… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The generally accepted view is that markets are always right -- that is, market prices tend to discount future developments accurately even… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Economics seeks to be a science. Science is supposed to be objective and it is difficult to be scientific when the subject… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Market fundamentalists recognize that the role of the state in the economy is always disruptive, inefficient, and generally has negative connotations. This… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We must not forget; but we must forgive. Suffering often such compassion from the Jewish community. It was Jewish groups in the US who… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I very often used to get backaches due to the fact that I was wrong. Whenever you are wrong you have to fight or… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. — George Soros Copy Share Image
What works for Germany can't work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits. — George Soros Copy Share Image
If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise I… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“On the abstract level, I have turned the belief in my own fallibility into the cornerstone of an elaborate philosophy. On a personal level,… — George Soros Copy Share Image
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