Parcourse Quotes & Sayings

My lesson from Soros is to start every meeting at my boutique by convincing everyone that we are a bunch of idiots who know nothing and are mistake-prone, but happen to be endowed with the rare privilege of knowing it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius

I think I'm different. I've got alpha, baby ... I think I can find the profits of surprise, the yield of real knowledge. Everyone says that, of course, but most investors are all beta
just volatility, just the random motion of the surf ... they get killed. To generate alpha, I need help, direction, signposts, analysts, and sometimes even brandy-toting salesmen. — George Gilder

Don't paint a nasty picture of your exes. We'll justifiably wonder what made you stay in those heinous situations in the first place. — Liz Vassey

You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation. — Norton Juster

The first thing to say about Finnegans Wake is that it is, in an important sense, unreadable. — Seamus Deane

One of the things the 'Tao of Travel' shows is how unforthcoming most travel writers are, how most travelers are. They don't tell you who they were traveling with, and they're not very reliable about things that happened to them. — Paul Theroux

Be like a fresh flowing stream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I didn't bother to explain about the glitter in my hair. I figured they could think it was a family trait. We all glittered, just like the Cullens in Twilight. — Janette Rallison

People believe in conspiracies because it's a way of believing that deep down, horror has some order and meaning, even if that meaning is evil. We don't support chaos, but there's no question that life is — Rosa Montero

Any parent that relies on any law to help him parent is an idiot. — Dave Barry

I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person. — Donna Leon

my experience, people who are very keen on The Lord of the Rings can be a bit odd. On the other hand, I was quite a Tolkien fan myself. — Sharon Bolton

What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave! — J.K. Rowling

I'll let no man in, unless of course, he knocks.
Walk right in to my heart with a thousand locks. — Casey Renee Kiser