Jacob Petersen

“My ego had always been an issue. I knew that intellectual attainment was morally neutral at best, but when bad things happened to me I made myself feel better by thinking about how smart I was.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars’ worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it. —Henny Youngman”
― Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor

“We think of science as discovery, art as invention, but is there a “third world” of mathematics, which is somehow, mysteriously, both?”
― Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life

“An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative.”
― Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor