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At some point in its life, almost every stock is a bargain; at another time, it will be expensive. Although there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go.

— The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham (Page 473)

I love art. I'm an artist myself. I'm also a designer. I understand the difference between the two. Design is the solution to a problem, but that problem is never your self-esteem.

— Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It by Mike Monteiro (Page 201)

Venture capitalists have a thing they like to say. "We don't invest in ideas. We invest in people." That's true in a couple of ways. Let's get the funny one out of the way: they don't invest in ideas. Check. They invest in people. Specifically, they invest in people who look like they do, because today's venture capitalist was yesterday's startup founder and vice versa. They might as well be saying "we're both investing in our younger selves, and reinvesting in the idea that we've earned our place by perpetuating the idea that the next wave of us will come from the same pool."

— Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It by Mike Monteiro (Page 110)