Peterffy Thomas Quotes & Sayings

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs. — Thomas Peterffy

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. — John Updike

You win a few, you lose a few. — Thomas Peterffy

It seems like people don't learn from the past. — Thomas Peterffy

Learning to think beyond a single dimension, look beyond the surface, love more than one color and enjoy the world of differences. — Pearl Zhu

The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The rich support the poor primarily via taxes. — Thomas Peterffy

America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy. — Thomas Peterffy

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power' ... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging. — Chogyam Trungpa

Some traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can. — Thomas Peterffy

I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing. — Thomas Peterffy

I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about. — Thomas Peterffy

Mindset is the "software," and software is eating the world. Deal with changes at the mindset level. — Pearl Zhu

If you are not receiving or making at least one introduction a month, you are probably not fully engaging your extended professional network. — Reid Hoffman

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime. — Thomas Peterffy

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope. — Thomas Peterffy

I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his style. What is at fault here is a policy that's taking this country to hell, — Harry Belafonte

I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement. — Thomas Peterffy

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School. — Thomas Peterffy

You have a way of turning the established order on its head." Instantly regretting that, he forced his face to relax; Lynx must not see anger in his eyes. — Gwynn White

He ran his hands along the faces of the machines, the flashing lights like happy eyes trying to soothe his anger, the electrical hum like whispers to their master, hoping to calm him. — Hugh Howey