My Characters Are Actually Usually Pretty Smart

Each Firm Held Its Rope; One By One, They Realized That No Matter How Strongly They Pulled, The Balloon Would Eventually Lift Them Off Their Feet.

Why Isn't Someone Smarter Than Us Doing This?

The World Clings To Its Old Mental Picture Of The Stock Market Because It’s Comforting; Because It’s So Hard To Draw A Picture Of What Has Replaced It; And Because The Few People Able To Draw It For You Have No Interest In Doing So.

A Tourist Can't Help But Have A Distorted Opinion Of A Place: He Meets Unrepresentative People, Has Unrepresentative Experiences, And Runs Around Imposing Upon The Place The Fantastic Mental Pictures He Had In His Head When He Got There.

If You're The Kind Of Kid Who Thinks That All That's Important In Life Is Making Money, Wall Street Is Probably Still The Place To Go, Especially Now That Trump's Elected.