"Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything……" — Michael Lewis
"Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . ."
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64 Quotes by Michael Lewis
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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…
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Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The…
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In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children…
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When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
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He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his…
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My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like…
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It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar…
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One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one…
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Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation.…
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Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
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Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
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I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national…
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