Quotes About Timing

I'm also very fond of a light business jet, so I'd like to get it before it's too late.

The real fortunes in this country have been made by people who have been right about the business they invested in, and not right about the timing of the stock market.

Don't take forever to make a decision, but don't make it too fast.

Make your money on the buy, not the sell; this is true in any investment whether it's real estate, business, or the stock market

I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.

I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out.

You never quite know in business if what you are doing is the right or the wrong thing. Unfortunately, by the time you know the answer, someone has beaten you to it and you are out of business.

Running a business well means knowing when it's time to make profit.

Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second

Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.

Don't complain about not getting a chance and then be unprepared when you finally do.

The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.

A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.

People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.

The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking the chance to meet the right person.

The quickness of his hand was determined by the quickness of his eye.

I can go at any time now. -Arnie tells Becky

A technique that works repeatedly is to wait until the prevailing opinion about a certain industry is that things have gone from bad to worse, and then buy shares in the strongest companies in the group.

The best way to handle a situation in which you love the company but not the current price is to make a small commitment and then increase it in the next sell-off.

This taught me not only that it's difficult to predict markets, but also that small investors tend to be pessimistic and optimistic at precisely the wrong times, so it's self-defeating to try to invest in good markets and get out of bad ones.

the best time to start training for a job is when people have been talking about a surplus for several years and few others are entering it. That way, you finish your training just as the shortage develops."3 Traditionally

We told ourselves that we would assume that nothing would be done when we expected it to be done; the fact that it happened at all would be enough.

Shop early for the best, we had often been told, and wait until just before the market closes for the cheapest.