45 Quotes by David Einhorn

Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two where you actually have an advantage and you can press it.

On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.

Ive got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work.

Microsoft has one more shot at a role in smart phone software through its deployment on Nokia phones. Nokia is still the global market share leader in cell phones. Maybe it will work out, but this is hard to envision great success in the area coming on the heels of so much disappointment in missed opportunity in this important and visible category.

What is uncertain is how much further the bubble can expand, and what might pop it.

I will keep a substantial long exposure to gold -- which serves as a Jelly Donut antidote for my portfolio. While I'd love for our leaders to adopt sensible policies that would reduce the tail risks so that I could sell our gold, one nice thing about gold is that it doesn't even have quarterly conference calls.

A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident.

When you leave a good job to go off on your own and don't expect to make money for a while, you name the firm whatever your wife says you should.

What do you call a stock that's down 90%? A stock that was down 80% and then got cut in half.