George Soros Quotes

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• It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.

  George Soros

  Disease, Kind, Feels

  "The billionaire who built on chaos: Gail Counsell charts the rise of a speculator who considers himself 'some kind of god'". www.independent.co.uk. June 2, 1993.

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• The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

  George Soros

  Law, States, Institutions

  "The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered". Book by George Soros, 1998.

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• The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

  George Soros

  Order, United States, World

  George Soros (2007). “Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror”, p.16, PublicAffairs

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• American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.

  George Soros

  World, Today, Supremacy

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• In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

  George Soros

  Reality, Findings

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• The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

  George Soros

  Believe, Enemy, Laissez Faire Capitalism

  "The Capitalist Threat" by George Soros, www.theatlantic.com. February 1997.

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• It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong

  George Soros

  Business, Important, Saving

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• Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false, ride that trend and step off before it is discredited.

  George Soros

  Lying, Economic History, Trends

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• If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise I might end up in the loony bin. But when I made my way in the world I wanted to indulge myself in my fantasies to the extent that I could afford.

  George Soros

  Childhood, World, Might

  "Underwriting Democracy: Encouraging Free Enterpirse And Democratic Reform Among The Soviets In Eastern Europe". Book by George Soros, 1991.

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• The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that's rather shocking for Americans to hear.

  George Soros

  Thinking, Order, Ideas

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• My main concern is with the world order

  George Soros

  Order, World, Concern

  George Soros (2007). “Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror”, p.128, PublicAffairs

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• I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Moving, Opportunity

  Biography/Personal quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected

  George Soros

  Unexpected, Obvious, Discounts

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• The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.

  George Soros

  Judging, Risk, Investing

  George Soros (1994). “The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

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• The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.

  George Soros

  Opposites, Assuming, Prevailing

  George Soros, Byron Wien, Krisztina Koenen (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, p.12, John Wiley & Sons

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• To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Pride, Shame

  George Soros, Byron Wien, Krisztina Koenen (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

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• Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction.

  George Soros

  Conviction, Increase, Scales

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• Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

  George Soros

  Reality, Air, Successful Investing

  BuzzFlash interview, February 25, 2004.

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• There is no point in being confident and having a small position.

  George Soros

  Be Confident, Position, No Point

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• The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.

  George Soros

  Bigger, Situation, Turns

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• If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.

  George Soros

  Fun, Investing Money, Boring

  "The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros". Book by Mark Tier, 2006.

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• My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.

  George Soros

  Predictions, Approach, Allowing

  George Soros (1994). “The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market”, p.301, John Wiley & Sons

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• I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.

  George Soros

  Making Money, Rich, Knows

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• Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Failure, Understanding

  George Soros, Byron Wien, Krisztina Koenen (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

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• We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.

  George Soros

  Style, Trying, Use

  George Soros (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, Wiley

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