Jim Rogers Quotes

Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts - mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that's generally suppressed and hidden. As an investor-entrepreneur, I've always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking.

Following what everyone else is doing is rarely a way to get rich.

I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.

Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society…

I think there's something important in going against the grain and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.

The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.

If you're looking where everybody else is looking, you're looking in the wrong spot.

When you think about being contrarian, you have to think about - how is it that smart people will disagree with me, disagree with me ...from a position of intelligence, and there is something that I know that they don't know, that will actually in fact play out to be true.

Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.

I want to do the reverse of what people would think.

To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.

It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely essential feature of a society.

I don't live by "The Rules" you know, and if there's one person who has influenced me in that way of thinking, someone who is a maverick, someone who does 'that' to the system then it's Ian Botham.

Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible.

The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it's enormously useful in life.

A contrarian approach is just as foolish as a follow-the-crowd strategy. What's required is thinking rather than polling.

I don't enjoy being told what to do, I'm not that kind of actor, I'm a thinking actor.

I think it takes a little bit of crazy to make a difference in this world.

Those who have finished by making all others think with them, have usually been those who began by daring to think with themselves.

Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else.

Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.

My whole life is a contradiction on purpose - to make you think. I think people have forgetten how to have their own opinions. They're always waiting for someone to tell them what to do and what to wear - it's so boring.

Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.