Alan Greenspan Quotes

Without numerical fluency, in the part of life most of us inhibit, you are like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

You don't have to be a mathematician to have a feel for numbers.

We're going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business - the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.

I read. It affects every decision that I make. Every dollar that I spend, every dollar that I make.

If not me- who?, If not now- when?

Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business.

I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.

Don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do.

You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.

Sometimes success isn't about making the right decision, it's more about making some decision.

Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be reach. 2. That aspect of education (beyond mere literacy) which takes account of quantitative aspects of reality.

I'm an expert in higher level math. You + God = Enough

In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten.

Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.

Life is filled with difficult decisions, he thought. And winners are those who make them.

Those who think through possible outcomes with discipline, forge connections, in so doing, to other cosmi in which those outcomes are more than mere possibilities. Such a consciousness is measurably, quantitatively different from one that has not undertaken the same work and so, yes, is able to make correct decisions in an Emergence where an untrained mind would be of little use.

What activities, behaviors, or decisions have been most responsible for your success in life? Do more of them.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.

The right decisions come from the right focus. You’ll succeed if your focus is on the mission, not the money.

None of us always make the best financial decisions.

I believe in evidence-based decision making. I want to know what the facts are.

All science requires mathematics.