Career Quote by Whitney Tilson Download Open image “Early in my career, we were just pure bottoms-up stock pickers.” — Whitney Tilson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Career Early Just Pure Were
Not being dogmatic has helped me become a better stock-picker. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
My method for picking stocks has never changed. When businesses go from crappy to semicrappy, there's money to be made. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I have never for a minute felt in was my stock picking abilities. I feel that my stock picking abilities aided- I was able… — Jim Cramer Copy Share Image
All my legitimate jobs were embarrassing. I used to be stock boy at an Odd-Lot, making $35 a day. — Method Man Copy Share Image
I started trading stocks, options and futures while I was at UCLA, using my earnings from working summers at the old IBM plant on… — Michael Burry Copy Share Image
I figured maybe I had some talent as an investor… since it seemed like I was only a half-assed entrepreneur. — Dave McClure Copy Share Image
Here is a dirty little secret: Stock-picking is wildly overrated. Sure, it makes for great cocktail party chatter, and what is more fun than… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
The exact details of how you practice value investing will vary investor to investor, but the fundamental principle of scouring the world, looking for… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of technology gadget makers, hardware makers, it's littered with the corpses of Palm and RIM and companies like… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
Mueller is the leading North American provider of water infrastructure and flow control products - things such as fire hydrants, valves, pipes, fittings, and… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
When it comes to owning stocks of the best-known businesses in the world, value investors usually feel like children looking through the window of… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
My experience is that very few people have what it takes to be a successful investor, as I discussed in The Arrogance of Stock… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
The mark of a wise person isn't never making mistakes - everyone makes plenty of them. Rather, it's the ability to quickly admit -… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin. — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
When reviewing one's portfolio, it is important to be aware of common mental mistakes that may lead to bad decisions. The most powerful is… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
While I take no pleasure in others' misfortunes, we've historically made most of our profits from other investors behaving in a panicked and irrational… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
I'd say the general outline of a sound investment approach is, first of all, you have to decide are you going to try to… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
I have encountered thousands of value investors over the years and am constantly struck by their differences - and their similarities. — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
In life, an abundance of confidence gives us higher motivation, persistence, and optimism and can allow us to accomplish things we otherwise might not… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
“Don’t allow anyone to pressure you into taking a job in a field that doesn’t feel right in your gut. You are the one… — Alison James Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still… — Nas Copy Share Image
One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
There are so many things you can do with your life, you can go to school and study toward your career, you can become… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to have a good career, so I made it happen. — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
If I can beat a proven champion like Canelo, that will take my career to a different level. — Gennady Golovkin Copy Share Image
My non-career. My excuse for a career? Honestly, I never think about the word 'career.' I've had managers, the minute they say it to… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion control camera… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They… — Portia Doubleday Copy Share Image
