Andy Kessler (author)

"By the way, I love paradoxes.They usually mean someone doesn't understand what's really going on and you can invest in things other people "can't know." I start salivating when I hear that word parado…"

"But someone knew and made a killing. It was investing when you know something no one else knows."

"When you think long-term, the edge is really investing because others can't know."

"Think about it- the King James Bible took religion out of the hands of the high priests and put it in to the hands of the people. An entire generation became literate just to be able to read the King …"

"Give me a big enough sandbox to play in, and I'll find the part of it not being used as kitty litter."

"In fact, maybe Metcalfe's Law is the formula for Doug Engelbart's scaling of human knowledge, just as Watt'ssteam engine scaled human power."

"It was what I didn't know about that always seemed more interesting."

"I think what I learned is that wealth comes not just from taking risk but from constantly taking risks."