Business Quote by Peter Thiel

The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about…

— David Sze

As an entrepreneur, you tend to see the opportunities where others see none.

— Naveen Jain

“In public market investing, as in many things, you achieve big success when you’re both contrarian and right.”

— Reid Hoffman

The entire pursuit of value investing requires you to see where the crowd is wrong so that you can profit from their misperceptions.

— Guy Spier

We always look at opportunities. We are not aggressively looking to buy something.

— Ivan Glasenberg

You have to be intellectually honest with yourself and others. In my judgment, all great investors are seekers of truth.

— Michael Steinhardt

“A successful investor is generally a well-rounded individual who puts a natural curiosity and an intellectual interest to work.”

— Burton G. Malkiel

Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts—mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that’s generally…

— Peter Thiel

To be a good investor, you have to think differently from others.

— Kirsten Green

An intelligent investor gets satisfaction from the thought that his operations are exactly opposite to those of the crowd.

— Benjamin Graham

They really can’t afford to be contrarians. A major investment house can’t afford to do research for five customers who won’t generate a lot…

— Peter Cundill

Avoiding where others go wrong is an important step in achieving investment success. In fact, it almost assures it.

— Seth Klarman