In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable
— Robert Arnott
Don’t waste your time arguing with anyone whose opinion you don’t respect…
— Alex Green
“… This is doubly true when the person you’re dealing with is a zealot. (I define a zealot as someone who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.) You probably have better things to do than bang your head against the wall. Ideally, you want to converse with someone who knows more than you on a particular subject and can enlighten your point of view.“
Man is characterized by a number of things – one of ’em is he is the only animal that knows he’s going to die someday. And knowing that he also has an obligation to make the most of whatever time he has. And making the most of it is enormously assisted by reading, by learning about the world. Learning about the past and the present and an ability to look to the future by reading.
— Shelby Foote (around minute 15 of video below)