xTai Tran's Quotes

"The only chasm we are clueless about is that of the business we are hatching."

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:01:13 -0500

“The only chasm we are clueless about is that of the business we are hatching.”

- Tai Tran, 2011

"The world forgetting, by the world forgot."

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:01:07 -0500

“The world forgetting, by the world forgot.”

- Alexander Pope

"It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction."

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:49:49 -0400

“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”

- Picasso

"Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad."

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:17:54 -0400

“Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.”

- Ancient Greek

"If you can’t solve a problem it’s because you’re playing by the rules."

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:32:02 -0400

“If you can’t solve a problem it’s because you’re playing by the rules.”

- Paul Arden

"Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria."

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:13:54 -0400

“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.”

- Sir John Templeton

"With “if,” Paris could be put in a bottle."

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:51:17 -0400

“With “if,” Paris could be put in a bottle.”

- Idiom

"A fool thinks himself to be wise."

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:05:54 -0400

“A fool thinks himself to be wise.”

- William Shakespeare

"Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others."

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:11:51 -0400

“Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.”

- Mark Twain

"A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:28 -0400

“A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.”

- Mark Twain

"The more sure you were of yourself and your judgment, the harder it was to find opportunities..."

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:07:04 -0400

“The more sure you were of yourself and your judgment, the harder it was to find opportunities premised on the notion that you were, in the end, probably wrong.”

- Michael Lewis

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:34:20 -0400

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”

- Oscar Wilde

"Average is mean."

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:38:48 -0500

“Average is mean.”

- Tai Tran

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve,..."

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:57:03 -0500

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice.”

- Henry Van Dyke

"History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme."

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:44:51 -0500

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”

- Mark Twain

"Don’t try to get intellectual (on the floor). Just trade."

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:12:34 -0500

“Don’t try to get intellectual (on the floor). Just trade.”

- Michael Lewis in Liar’s Poker

"A single opportunity dwarves ten thousands haters."

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:06:24 -0400

“A single opportunity dwarves ten thousands haters.”

- Tai Tran

"A statue has never been set up in honor of a critic."

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:56:54 -0400

“A statue has never been set up in honor of a critic.”

- Jean Sibelius

"The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent."

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:35:58 -0400

“The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.”

- John Maynard Keynes

"The distance between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory."

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:54:31 -0400

“The distance between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory.”

- Anonymous