Thomas J. Sargent Quotes
Keynes was a very good economist. He was brilliant. He had wonderful insights. His work has inspired me many times.
Quotes to Explore
-
Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading.
-
We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don't think it's unreasonable at all.
-
I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
-
I don't bother about how people feel about me. What matters to me is how I feel about them.
-
There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily.
-
Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
-
Never refuse a breath mint - you don't know why it's being offered.
-
To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at the same time I can let them know what are we working on, what is our strategic line, and where are we going.
-
I had skate wing in London. I had mine grilled with lemon and herbs, and it was the perfect seasoning for that fish.
-
I love the noise of my wooden clogs on my wooden floor. Dancers wear clogs. They're good for you.
-
I have been vegetarian for twelve years. And I have never been seriously ill. Vegetarian food strengthens the immune system. I think that meat makes you sick.
-
You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.
-
Behind every adversity - is an opportunity!
-
We used to sleep five to a bed and three of them used to wet the bed. I learnt to swim before I could walk.
-
All animals are to be found in men and each of theme exists in some man, sometimes several at the time.
-
The great background question about the Labour governments of the sixties is whether with a stronger leader they could have gripped the country's big problems and dealt with them. How did it happen that a cabinet of such brilliant, such clever and self-confident people achieved so little? In part, it was the effect of the whirling court politics demonstrated by 'In Place of Strife'.
-
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
-
Keynes was a very good economist. He was brilliant. He had wonderful insights. His work has inspired me many times.
