George Stigler Quotes

One should hardly have to tell academicians that information is a valuable resource: knowledge is power. And yet this occupies a slum dwelling in the town of economics. Mostly it is ignored.

George Stigler

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• I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Great
  • Success
  • Road

• You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.

  

  Patricia Velasquez
  • Time
  • You
  • Routine

• Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

  

  Jack Adams
  • Pretty
  • Well
  • Everybody

• I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Nature
  • Deep
  • Human Nature

• As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Woman
  • Young
  • Name

• God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.

  

  Farrah Fawcett
  • God
  • Women
  • Man

• The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Important
  • Me
  • Learn

• The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.

  

  Samuel Alexander
  • Perception
  • Act
  • Mental

• I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Best
  • Satisfied
  • Tastes

• People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel cut off from the rest of the world. I would forget there were places like London that were not centred round libraries and essays.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • People
  • World
  • Question

• I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.

  

  Karen Gillan
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Think

• I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Years
  • Old
  • Known

• Making products that we sell around the world stamped with three proud words: Made in the USA.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Words
  • Proud

• Life is a journey which is far more enjoyable when your holding hands with the ones you love

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Life
  • Journey

• Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa,Ah, only one day away from your arms;I hate to do this to you but I love somebody new, what can I do?And I can never, never, never … go home again.

  

  Hal David
  • Home
  • Hate

• I was a whole new human being, he said of this transformation. I liked people, they liked me. It was like an exorcism, kicking the devil outta me!

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • People
  • Devil
  • Transformation

• Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone.I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,It's a love story, baby, just say yes.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Alone
  • Waiting
  • Baby

• Putin is willing to poison bodies in the free world, not only minds. Why would he do this? Why would he call attention to his murderous ways now? Well, I’ll turn that around and ask instead, why wouldn’t he? Dictators don’t ask 'Why,' they ask 'Why not?'

  Garry Kasparov
  • World
  • Why
  • Free

• You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Love
  • Enemy
  • Enough

• I think women are really good at multitasking. Men just cannot do it.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• The most challenging work and the best work I've ever done was in a thing I did for PBS called 'Lemon Sky', a play by Lanford Wilson. I think it's the rawest, most complex work that I've had to do, and the thing I'm most proud of.

  

  Kevin Bacon
  • Work
  • Done
  • Proud

• Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and light as the spoor of an animal in snow. Art should melt into and even merge with nature itself. This is obviously contrary to painting and sculpture based on nature. By so doing, art will rid itself more and more of self-centredness, virtuosity and absurdity.

  

  Jean Arp
  • Art
  • Nature
  • Light

• The younger me was motivated by a need to please others, by the pressure to climb the corporate ladder and make money, and by a fear of failure - all of which became more and more intense as I navigated the competitive landscape.

  

  Bonnie Hammer
  • Money
  • Fear
  • Failure

• One should hardly have to tell academicians that information is a valuable resource: knowledge is power. And yet this occupies a slum dwelling in the town of economics. Mostly it is ignored.

  

  George Stigler
  • Power
  • Knowledge
  • Ignored