Peter L. Bernstein
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“The information you have is not the information you want. The information you want is not the information you need. The information you need is not the information you can obtain. The information you can obtain costs more than you want to pay”
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
“The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what it means to be a human being.”
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
“Our lives teem with numbers, but we sometimes forget that numberss are only tools. They have no soul; they may indeed become fetishes.”
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
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