Michael Lewis Quotes

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• Thirdly-but not lastly-there was the bias toward what people saw with their own eyes, or thought they had seen. The human mind played tricks on…
• Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate…
• In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.
• When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
• He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his hands. But he squanders money.…
• My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like tomatoes.
• It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are…
• One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.
• Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and…
• Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
• Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
• I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national pasttime, it is watching TV.
• I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?
• If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say…
• My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will…
• Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,
• I thought instead of a good rule for survival on Wall Street: Never agree to anything proposed on someone else's boat or you'll regret in…
• Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it's still being made all over…
• If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages.
• People in both fields operate with beliefs and biases. To the extent you can eliminate both and replace them with data, you gain a clear…

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