Ariell Reshef

 

University of Virginia, Department of Economics

 

 

Favorite Quotes

 

·         “The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.” – Joan Robinson

 

·         “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” – John Maynard Keynes

 

·         “We must first note that economic factors are taken into account in a world in which ignorance, prejudice, and mental confusion, encouraged rather than dispelled by the political organization, exert a strong influence on policy making.” – Ronald Coase

 

·         “Results? Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.” – Thomas Alva Edison

 

·         “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” – Albert Einstein

 

·         “The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” – Charles Kindleberger

 

·         “The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking, for the ease of the masters. Its object is, in all cases, to maintain the authority of the master, and whether he neglects or performs his duty, to oblige the students in all cases to behave toward him as if he performed it with the greatest diligence and ability.” – Adam Smith

 

·         “Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.” – John Galbraith

 

·         “He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.” – George Orwell

 

·         “All that is needed for evil to succeed is that decent human beings do nothing.” - Edmund Burke

 

·         “Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.” – Attributed to Samuel Johnson

 

·         “If you give ‘em enough ketchup, they’ll even eat concrete.” – Howard Goldberg

 

·         “After bread, education is the second need of the people.” – Danton

 

·         “Dans le cochon, tout est bon.” – French proverb

 

·         “Four wheels good – two wheels better.” – Anonymous

 

 

 

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