Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell Quotes

Economic history matters. Students of economics should read Charles MacKay and Charles Kindleberger, and should study the history of the Wall Street Crash as well as the theory and the mathematics required to formalize it.

Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

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• Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

  

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• In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.

  

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• I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic training to do a translation of the New Testament.

  

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• The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.

  

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• Defending peace is the duty of all.

  

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• A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

  

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• The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

  

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• When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.

  

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• My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.

  

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• Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it.

  

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• Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

  

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• The Bush tax cuts, they ought to be made permanent in my mind so there is certainty out there.

  

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• I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.

  

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• I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.

  

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• The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

  

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• There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

  

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• Last time I had my hands on you, you felt like a bird - struggling to escape. You'll never escape now...

  

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• CAA has a great history of representing fantastic talent, many of whom are my heroes in film and television.

  

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• Economic history matters. Students of economics should read Charles MacKay and Charles Kindleberger, and should study the history of the Wall Street Crash as well as the theory and the mathematics required to formalize it.

  

  Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
  • History
  • Economic
  • Students