Quote

To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.

George Soros

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
Banker
Business Magnate
Businessman
Economist
Financier
Investor
Philanthropist
Philosopher
Trader
Writer
Buda Pest
György Schwartz
György Soros
Time
Heavily
Hanging
Leisure
Successful
Hands
Need
Needs

More quotes by George Soros

Image
Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.
George Soros
Image
My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.
George Soros
Image
Market prices are always wrong.
George Soros
Image
If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can't be maintained forever.
George Soros
Image
Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.
George Soros
Image
The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to influence political contributions.
George Soros
Image
The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential.
George Soros
Image
The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't have much personal use for money.
George Soros
Image
However, even a strong government can't perform miracles. It needs money from the taxpayers.
George Soros
Image
The trouble with institutional investors is that their performance is usually measured relative to their peer group and not by an absolute yardstick. This makes them trend followers by definition.
George Soros
Image
In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
George Soros
Image
Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction.
George Soros
Image
My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
George Soros
Image
Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the crisis lies in the increasing shortage of oil.
George Soros
Image
Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.
George Soros
Image
The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
George Soros
Image
The world order needs a major overhaul.
George Soros
Image
Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.
George Soros
Image
I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to all countries. There are some human interests, or we need also international cooperation. We've sometimes confused it with dictation.
George Soros
Image
An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.
George Soros