Quantitative Finance Quotes

#1. Reflections on Careers in Quantitative Finance

Carnegie Mellon's Steve Shreve is out with an interesting post on careers in quantitative finance, with his commentary on the changing landscape in quantitative research and the implications for financial education.

Paul Ellis

#2. We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do.

Oswald Chambers

#3. I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.

Barbara Mikulski

#4. None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.

Meg Xuemei X

#5. Success is outliving your failures

Erma Bombeck

#6. No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life is always winging it.

Carroll Bryant

#7. I looked up, but had to crane my head back, leaving the features above me wrong-side up. The clear green eyes were the same, and, unfortunately, so was the spiky blond hair. It didn't look any better from this angle, I decided.

Karen Chance

#8. I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay, I don't understand his world but I do understand that he's part of mine.

Dale Hansen

#9. Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Victor Hugo

#10. Music is the journey. You never arrive in music; the work is never over.

Phil Woods

#11. There's absolutely no excuse for throwing a piece of equipment on an umpire or any player. You can argue your point and at times may accidentally bump an umpire, but to consciously throw a piece of equipment at someone is unforgivable.

Brad Ausmus