David Einhorn Quotes

When the facts change, one ought to change one’s opinion.

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable

If the facts change, I’ll change my opinion. What do you do, Sir?

Let nothing prevent you from changing your previous decision if after consideration you feel that the previous decision was incorrect.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

I will never apologize for changing the approach or strategy when the facts change.

I think, hey, everybody has a right to change their mind.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

Who knows what technology will emerge in the next five years, let alone 20. Yet the education we provide our children now is supposed to last for decades. We cannot train them for jobs that do not even exist yet, but we can provide them with the minds and tools they'll need to adapt to our ever-changing set of circumstances.

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.

Don't get stuck on a business plan just because it was your business plan.

You have to adapt your policies to changing circumstances.

Persistence in one opinion has never been considered a merit in political leaders.

However firmly thou holdest to thy opinions, if truth appears on the opposite side, throw down thy arms at once.

[Thomas] Jefferson understood a timeless truth, that politics is kaleidoscopic, constantly shifting, and the morning’s foe may well be the afternoon’s friend.

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion

A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.

It takes intellectual stamina to stay open, as a leader and a mind, to absorb information and adversity.

To the scientist, failure to flip-flop in the face of contradictory evidence is irrational and dangerous behavior. And scientists will often flip-flop at almost light speed. Often it takes only a single observation to flip-flop thousands of scientifically learned people.

Well when events change, I change my mind. What do you do?

I like to keep my options open. I'm known for changing my mind.