Quotes About Windfall

Every game I played was a bonus.

But a man focused on the near horizon of cost can lose sight of the far horizon of potential windfall. -p139

instead of investing a stream of savings, you have just inherited a lump sum of money at age 25 from Uncle Fred that is large enough to fund your retirement at age 65

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

The evidence suggests that when people get a windfall—and this seems to be the way people think about their tax refund, despite it being expected—they tend to save a larger proportion from it than they do from regular income, especially if the windfall is sizable.

Similarly, people are far more likely to splurge impulsively on a big luxury purchase when they receive an unexpected windfall than with savings that they have accumulated over time, even if those savings are fully available to be spent.

Maud ficou radiante por ter ganhado um dólar, que valia cerca de um trilhão de marcos.

more money will often not solve the problem. In fact, it may compound the problem. Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws, putting a spotlight on what we don't know. That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash—let's say an inheritance, a pay raise, or lottery winnings—soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse, than the mess they were in before.

Serendipity (n.) finding something good without looking for it

Junius pocketed a fortune from this sudden windfall.

the expectation of a windfall when the palms of empty hands itched.

No problem." She reaches into her pocket, pulls out a thick wad of cash, and stuffs it into the cup holder between us. I'm so amazed that I nearly steer off the road into a telephone pole. "Where'd all that money come from?" She shrugs. "People can't get enough of those Thin Mints.

Great riches come to many men by chance.

The initial promise of computer technology was to remove the intermediary from the financial market, or at least reduce the amount he could scalp from that market. The reality turned out to be a windfall for financial intermediaries—of somewhere between $10 billion and $22 billion a year, depending on whose estimates you wanted to believe.

You can go home with a lot of money with absolutely no skill.

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.

What if, instead, central banks tackled such deep recessions by issuing new money directly to every household as windfall cash to be used specifically for paying down debts—an idea that has come to be known as 'People's QE'.52 Rather than inflating the price of bonds, which tends to benefit wealthy asset owners, this approach—which resembles a one-off tax rebate for all—would benefit indebted households.

It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a scoop.

Enron would keep its unearned windfall, generated solely because David Duncan didn't know what he was doing.

I had no idea In-N-Out was going to fall on my lap as soon as it did.

June 3, 1987 Chicago This afternoon I found a $50 bill in the foyer of the building near the mailboxes. It was folded thin and full of cocaine. Some of it spilled when I opened it up, but there's still plenty left. So that's $50 in cash and around $80 worth of cocaine—$130! If I find $50 every day, I won't need to get a job.

A trifle can be enough when luck is on your side.