Decision Quote by Michael Lewis

“What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don’t need to make smart decisions—if they can get rich…

— Michael Lewis

I don't think Wall Street people in general are smart. I think that's one of the biggest myths in American lore. They're tough, aggressive,…

— Ben Stein

We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for…

— Fran Lebowitz

Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks.

— Bernard Madoff

Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person using the customary three percent of the brain can pick stocks just as…

— Peter Lynch

Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.

— Anonymous

Just as many smart people fail in the investment business as stupid ones. Intellectually active people are particularly attracted to elegant concepts, which can…

— Peter Cundill

The prospect of getting rich is highly motivating, and few people get rich without taking a gamble.

— Peter L. Bernstein

We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless: they are…

— Dan Ariely

Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends…

— Bill Gates

If people spent as much time worrying about how to make a difference as they do about how they could make money,they would soon…

— Anonymous

I never could understand the popular belief that because a man makes a lot of money he has a lot of brains. Some very…

— Julius Rosenwald