Quotes About Speculation

So far from realizing philosophy, the spectacle philosophizes reality, and turns the material life of everyone into a universe of speculation.

The spectacle does not realize philosophy, it philosophizes reality, reducing everyone's concrete life to a universe of speculation.

For those who relish speculation regarding the future, the tale of supernatural horror provides an interesting field.

As to what the things were—explanations naturally varied. The common name applied to them was "those ones," or "the old ones," though other terms had a local and transient use. Perhaps the bulk of the Puritan settlers set them down bluntly as familiars of the devil, and made them a basis of awed theological speculation.

Etienne's son Paul, a surly fellow whose erratic conduct had probably provoked the riot which wiped out the family, was particularly a source of speculation; and though Providence never shared the witchcraft panics of her Puritan neighbours, it was freely intimated by old wives that his prayers were neither uttered at the proper time nor directed toward the proper object.

When speculators have once entered Wall Street, they never leave it except in a pine box or a rosewood case, according to circumstances.

This is all speculation, as are our ideas about the overall functions of the songs. However, what we do know about the humpback song is that it is an important part of the acoustic ecology of the ocean; that it is loud, long, complex, beautiful; and that it is culture.

In addition to offering benefits to those who invest, carry out research, and create jobs, higher taxes on land and real-estate speculation would redirect capital toward productivity-enhancing spending - the key to long-term improvement in living standards.

Who else is putting seven figures down for unreleased rap tracks?

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'

It wasn't that I knew Kyrie wanted to be traded or not, or him and LeBron had a beef. I don't know any of those things.

Most of the time, before you get traded, there are rumblings. I wasn't totally surprised that I was going to get traded - I anticipated it happening. And I wasn't surprised that I got traded to the Knicks, either.

It's hard, when you are hearing things with the rumors that you are going to be traded, to be focused.

We generate a ludicrous amount of trades in $1 to $5 stocks. Because we're free, we're the only place where you can day trade stuff like that.

Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let's be honest. It's not trading; it's betting.

In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there.

Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.

'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit.

We never know what the Street is going to do with the funky trading.

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.

The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.

The word 'philosophy' carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird.

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere Philosophy.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.