Adventurer Quote by Jesse Lauriston Livermore

I believe - deeply and profoundly - that speculation is a loser's game.

— John C. Bogle

In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.

— George Earle Buckle

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is.

— Jeff Kober

Trying to predict the future is a loser's game.

— Ken Liu

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.

— Adam Lambert

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive…

— William Cobbett

The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs.…

— Warren Buffett

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

— Andrew Carnegie

It's OK to pursue speculative ideas because we don't want to be too cozy and safe and assume that we know everything about life…

— David Grinspoon

“People think--wrongly--that speculative fiction is about predicting the future, but it isn’t; or if it is, it tends to do a rotten job of…

— Neil Gaiman

Speculators are obsessed with predicting: guessing the direction of stock prices. Every morning on cable television, every afternoon on the stock market report, every…

— Seth Klarman

Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon on all its sober realities. It renders the stock-jobber a magician, and the exchange…

— Washington Irving