23 Quotes by Michael Steinhardt

Now people are charging much fancier fees, and they don't make the same demands on themselves. I was always anxious that my fees were egregious and that I had to have the best performance in the world to justify them.

He knows Hillel as well as anyone coming in, certainly better than the other candidates. He's familiar with the system, he's committed, intelligent, he's attractive and he's got great motivation to do the job.

I was always anxious that my fees were egregious and that I had to have the best performance in the world to justify them.

The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a monopoly on Judaism. This is a turnoff in a world that is increasingly secular and that has turned away from religion. Jews are simply turning away from Judaism.

Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler.

I hope he has the breadth to do it.

If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it's not only that it's beautiful, but what comes to your mind is the fact that it's 2,600 or so years old, and it was done by a human being at that time who you have such a limited ability to grasp - and yet you have this enormous ability to grasp.

Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation.

In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage.