Each firm held its rope; one by one, they realized that no matter how strongly they pulled, the balloon would… — Michael Lewis

A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans.

the more he studied Buffet, the less he thought he could be copied; indeed, the lesson of Buffet was: To succeed in a spectacular fashion you had to be spectacularly unusual.

Why isn't someone smarter than us doing this?