Quotes About Analysis

Einstein was right about relativity, but even he would have had a difficult time applying relative valuation in today's stock markets.

I am naturally drawn to numbers but one of the ironies of working with numbers is that the more I work with them, the more skeptical I become about purely number-driven arguments.

pero si compras un activo financiero lo haces por los flujos de caja que esperas recibir.

in the hands of a skilled number cruncher, this bias can be hidden far better with numbers than with stories.

Os jornalistas são profissionais interessantes. São como bactérias que criticam o sistema, mas dependem dele para sobreviver.

Never stay on the surface of the problem, explore it. Try to get to the core of the problem, go deeper.

Practical observation commonly consists of collecting a few facts and loading them with guesses.

All scriptures contain contradictions and the Qur'an is no exception.

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.

To find the Trailing Edge, we look at the Anchor under a microscope to see what the end of an action looks like. This is particularly important for Anchors that are rather fuzzy.

From now on, I want you to look at your behavior the way a scientist looks at what's growing in a petri dish—with curiosity and objective distance.

When we direct our eyes looking forward from the corner of the temple in its normal field of vision, the frontal brain is working with analysis (vitarka). But when we spread our ocular awareness from the back corner of the temple, near the ear, the back brain is brought into play and works with synthesis (vicara). He front brain can dismantle because of its powerful penetration. The back brain is holistic and reassembles.

Pausing to reflect on your movement does not mean that you are not reflecting through the movement. There should be constant analysis throughout the action, not just afterward. This leads to true understanding.

This may sound like nonsense, and yet it is true. There is around some men a kind of circle or halo of influences, and traits, and associations, by which they infallibly leave a distinct and uniform impression on all their contemporaries. It is very difficult, even for those who have the best opportunities, to analyze exactly what this impression consists in, or why it was made—but it is made.

First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one.

We're rapidly entering a world where everything can be monitored and measured. But the big problem is going to be the ability of humans to use, analyze and make sense of the data.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds.

We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.

Economists discount any factors that would not influence the thinking of a rational person.

I believe there are two types of business people - risky and rational.

What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.

I didn't really know what I was looking at when I first came across Man Ray's 'Dust Breeding,' his photograph of a work by Marcel Duchamp called 'Large Glass.' It looked like an aerial photograph or a view through a microscope.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.