November 23, 2006

Quotes To Think About

Quotes galore today, I've been saving them up.

1) From one of my colleagues when I bragged about seeing manta rays on my dive trip:

"So what... I have a big dog and my uncle has moustaches...!!"

Which, translated into his native Spanish, is "Yo tengo un grande perro y mi tio tiene bigotes!!"

2) From a call I received today:

"Our analyst has a BUY on the company and her target price is $X, which is today's price so we're recommending that you take profit."

Girl, you need to be working in a different line.

3) From a TV show I watched recently:
M: Marriages don’t fail because couples get bored. They fail because, while they’re dating people pretend to be the person they think their partner wants and then, well, there’s only so long you can keep that up.

C: Maybe they are that person while they’re dating, but then they change.

M: People thinking that their partner will change, that’s another reason marriages fail. People don’t change. Least, not in any way that really matters.

Which is definitely worth thinking about. And lastly, on a not-unrelated subject,

4) From a friend:
"As a friend I'd advise you to respect yourself more and stop hanging out with me."

True, that. Pity things are hardly ever in black and white, but in multiple hues of grey.

Posted by scrabbyfoo at November 23, 2006 02:14 PM
Comments

bigotes is moustaches?? cool. one more for the arsenal.

of course no. 2 is completely over my head.

btw, the flowers you did looked really good in the photos. esp. the bridal bouquet. well done! :)

Posted by: moomoo at November 23, 2006 10:23 PM

yeah i heard something similar to (3) but better:
marriages fail because women expect men to change but they don't and men expect women NOT to change but they do.

i don't get (2) either!

Posted by: pblossom at November 26, 2006 06:00 AM

Because your price target is based on a one-year view (or maybe sometimes it's a six-month view) so if your price target is today's price, you shouldn't have a BUY on the stock. You're basically telling me that in a year's time, you think this stock is worth $X but if it's already there today, I should just take the money and put it in something else. So you should either change your rating on the stock from a buy to a sell or you should raise your price target.

Make sense?

Posted by: May at November 28, 2006 10:25 AM

liao kai liao kai.

Posted by: pblossom at November 29, 2006 07:36 AM

WTH is "liao kai"?

Posted by: May at November 29, 2006 10:43 AM