W. Brian Arthur Quotes
The invisible hand is not perfect. Indeed, the invisible hand is a little bit arthritic ... I'm a believer in free markets, but I think we need to be less naïve. We need to accept that markets give us pretty good solutions, but occasionally they will lock in something inferior.W. Brian Arthur
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
Edmund Phelps -
If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
M. Night Shyamalan -
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
Taisen Deshimaru -
When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
Narciso Rodriguez -
I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
Isaac Hayes -
Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.
Nancy Duarte
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
Randy West -
One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
Yael Stone -
I'm a real romantic.
Vanity -
The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
Fidel Castro -
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
Baruch Spinoza -
My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
Tadao Ando
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The fans treated me royally.
Hank Sauer -
There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
Randi Weingarten -
There's no denying it: I was a crappy baby who failed his way into this world, and I've been making the best of it ever since.
Zach Anner -
You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.
Yannick Noah -
I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business.
Jack Ma -
Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
Nate Silver
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A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his.
Bobby Darin -
All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.
Elaine Stritch -
The fashion industry is an immense cultural and social blight that only gets a free pass because its would-be detractors are scared it'll start criticising their haircut.
Charlie Brooker -
I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always.
Jenna Elfman -
A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.
Lois Wyse -
The invisible hand is not perfect. Indeed, the invisible hand is a little bit arthritic ... I'm a believer in free markets, but I think we need to be less naïve. We need to accept that markets give us pretty good solutions, but occasionally they will lock in something inferior.
W. Brian Arthur