Skin in the Game Quotes

“The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding, or better at explaining than doing.”

“Scars signal skin in the game.”

“You will never fully convince someone that he is wrong; only reality can.”

“How much you truly “believe” in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it.”

“No person in a transaction should have certainty about the outcome while the other one has uncertainty.”

“Alexander said that it was preferable to have an army of sheep led by a lion than an army of lions led by a sheep.”

“What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing.”

“Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.”

“Avoid taking advice from someone who gives advice for a living, unless there is a penalty for their advice.”

“Entrepreneurs are heroes in our society. They fail for the rest of us.”