Track Record Quotes - Page 3

• Impatience has a poor track record for perfection. Getting things right usually includes calming down!

  Garrison Wynn

  Perfection, Track, Records

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• The number of managers with great track records in a given market depends far more on the number of people who started in the investment business (in place of going to dental school), rather than on their ability to produce profits.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  School, Numbers, Track

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2008). “Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets”, p.154, Random House

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• I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the more concerned you should be. We never look at projections, but we care very much about, and look very deeply at, track records. If a company has a lousy track record, but a very bright future, we will miss the opportunity.

  Warren Buffett

  Opportunity, Track, Missing

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• All I can do is just do stuff while I am alive and hopefully that track record will speak for itself.

  Henry Rollins

  Track, Records, Alive

  Interview with Danny Stygion, www.sinicalmagazine.com. October 1, 2011.

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• The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.

  Sam Altman

  Team, Track, Records

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• I'm at a stage in my career where I don't expect or get too much editorial input into what I'm doing. I have a proven track record of success, so my editors are willing to cut me some slack even when a particular approach is not to their personal taste.

  Grant Morrison

  Cutting, Careers, Editors

  Interview with Leonard Pierce, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2009.

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• Now there are three guys who directed "Twilight" films that had a gross of a gazillion dollars. All those "Hunger Games" guys, the "Divergent" guys. All those people. When they are looking for the next big director, they see they have a track record. So there's 20 people that spun off of "Twilight" that have more qualifications than any woman.

  Catherine Hardwicke

  Twilight, Games, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.

  Simon Cowell

  Thinking, Expression, People

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• I counted it up once. I think I have written 45 full screenplays. Of those, maybe 15 have been shot, in some form. That's a pretty good track record, but it's not 100%. It is frustrating that, as a screenwriter, I've seen all those movies and they don't exist in the real world. They're juts inside my head and on those pages.

  John August

  Real, Thinking, Track

  Source: collider.com

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• Under no circumstances will any supporter try to tell me what I should do. That is why I have the track record that I have got.

  Billy Davies

  Track, Trying, Records

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• Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

  Gordon Bethune

  Track, Challenges, Records

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• In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies.

  Sam Altman

  Track, Looks, Records

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• I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants.

  Jim Cantalupo

  Thinking, Track, Needs

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• I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.

  Neil Innes

  Track, Records

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• Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

  Pete Rozelle

  Sports, Football, Successful

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• A study of over 10,000 patients shows clearly that chemo's supposedly strong track record with Hodgkin's disease (lymphoma) is actually a lie. Patients who underwent chemo were 14 times more likely to develop leukemia and 6 times more likely to develop cancers of the bones, joints, and soft tissues than those patients who did not undergo chemotherapy .

  John Diamond

  Strong, Lying, Cancer

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• Hillary Clinton's a highly intelligent woman, hard-working, she's dedicated her life to public service, but unfortunately, she does not have a track record of accomplishment or transparency. ... She's not the woman for the White House.

  Carly Fiorina

  Life, Hard Work, Intelligent

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• We need a leader who can lower taxes, protect small businesses, and increase job creation nationwide. I have no doubt that John McCain appreciates the important role Hispanics play not only in the economy, but in our nation's culture as well -- he has a track record with Hispanics for more than 20 years as a senator from Arizona. The American people need a strong leader who has the experience and the judgment to be the next President of the United States, and that man is John McCain.

  Katie Barberi

  Strong, Jobs, Men

  "McCain Counters Powell Endorsement With Soap Opera Actress" by Nico Pitney, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2008.

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• President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Track, Decision, President

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• If crime is going down, you shouldn't be increasing resources for crime prevention. Or you should be taking note of what has worked and concentrate the crime-prevention methods on policies that have a track record of success.

  Steven Pinker

  Track, Records, Prevention

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• I have a relatively good track record.

  Pat Robertson

  Track, Records

  "Pat Robertson's Comments on the Year Ahead". "The 700 club" with Terry Meeuwsen, www.cbn.com.

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• There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.

  Curt Schilling

  Sports, Long, People

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• Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races, election outcomes, and box-office results. But they're bad at predicting things like who will be the next Supreme Court nominee, as that depends on the whim of the president.

  James Surowiecki

  Horse, Race, Track

  "The Age of Political Risk". www.newyorker.com. May 24, 2010.

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• The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Medicine, Track, Events

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• I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.

  J. C. Watts

  Thinking, Track, Records

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