Vernon L. Smith Quotes

Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness.

Vernon L. Smith

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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.

Jack White The White Stripes
- People
- Up
- Growing
We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.

Gary Bettman
- World
- You
- Journalism
It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.

Sam Shepard
- Life
- Up
- Private Life
Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.

Quincy Jones
- People
- Why
- America
God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?

Walter Kirn
- God
- Character
- Enough
My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.

Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
- Music
- Me
- Feel