300 Quotes by George Soros

Germany will always do the minimum to preserve the euro. Doing the minimum, though, will perpetuate the situation where the debtor countries in Europe have to pay tremendous premiums to refinance their debt. The result will be a Europe in which Germany is seen as an imperial power that will not be loved and admired by the rest of Europe - but hated and resisted, because it will perceived as an oppressive power.

If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.

I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong.

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It’s not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well.

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade – and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.

Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don’t have conviction.

Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established.

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it’s much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems.

I am against market fundamentalism. I think this propaganda that government involvement is always bad has been very successful – but also very harmful to our society.