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Never make decisions when you're angry, never make promises when you're happy.

Consumption smoothing is retarded. If you stay in this game for a handful of years, money will be the least of your worries. Live it up, because this is the one time in your life where you might actually have time to spare.
 

You must work in Houston. Those are old school TX finance asf.

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Six of one, half a dozen of the other

That's the way the ball bounces

Playing with house money

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there" - Will Rogers
 

“You don't get rich in this business, you only attain new levels of relative poverty. You think Gutfreund feels rich? I'll bet not."

 

One in the hand is worth more than two in the bush.

The fool thinks himself to be a wise man, while the wise man thinks himself to be a fool.
 

Where do tits come into play in this point system?

The fool thinks himself to be a wise man, while the wise man thinks himself to be a fool.
 

big for your britches

don't know your ass from a hole in the ground

that dog will hunt

pot calling the kettle black

six in one, half dozen in the other

wish in one hand, shit the other, see which one fills up first

not really an idiom, but "bless her heart" is a big one, which if you've never been around a southern family means "she's a fucking idiot"

and then a few idiotic business ones

level set

low hanging fruit

on my radar

par for the course

touch base

 

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This could go on and on

Rarely will any of my posts have enough forethought/structure to be taken seriously.
 

I've got a few more...

(Going) to Hell in a handbasket FUBAR

- I've used this a few times for when things have overshot the mark by a wide margin. Shaken, not stirred. - So much bad science and brilliant marketing for this one is just ruining great drinks for everyone. Not that it's a banking one in particular, just one that pisses me off in general. Don't know shit from Shinola

Not gonna lie, there is one that I'd love to see used more often - "Now go do, that voodoo that you do so well." - to end a meeting with.

 

Putting lipstick on a dog / putting makeup on a pig, and calling it pretty

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for freedom of thought which they seldom use.
 

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