Fat Tails Quotes

#1. One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too low.

John Hull

#2. The ultimate compound return rate is acutely sensitive to fat tails.

William Poundstone

#3. Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.

Miguel De Icaza

#4. The cows hovered over the mountain
Creating a huge pooping fountain

Tom Watson

#5. Keep your drunken electrons dancing!

Judith Hanson Lasater

#6. You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?

Penny Marshall

#7. I don't think shoving my butt into people's faces will tell them anything about who I am. How is that connecting to your audience? What is that doing for your music?

Kiesza

#8. People know the value of money so they chase it. I wonder if they know the worth of love.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#9. Beware. Beware. Beware of the big, green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys, puppy dog tails and big, fat snails. Beware. Take care. Beware.

Ed Wood

#10. I'm a total Republican, but I've never claimed to be a Christian-right conservative. They're a large but dwindling part of the Party.

Roger Stone

#11. I'm the best at talking trash I'm also the best at going out there and backing it up.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

#12. Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Friedrich Nietzsche

#13. My books are based on observing others, not myself.

Michael Korda

#14. You know you're getting fat when you step on the dog's tail and he dies.

Elayne Boosler

#15. While I hold my own political views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues.

Marcus Samuelsson

#16. You have to imagine things before you can do them. Stories help us see.

Francesca Lia Block