--- title: "4 Economist Quotes By Robert Solow" description: "4 Economist quotes by Robert Solow. Plus more from Robert Solow and more Economist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/robert-solow-33053_adequate_i-remember-once-reading-that-it-is-still_418696.png" --- > [I remember once reading that it is still not understood how the giraffe manages to pump an adequate blood supply all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/i-remember-once-reading-that-it-is-still-not-understood-how-the/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/robert-solow-33053_adequate_i-remember-once-reading-that-it-is-still_418696.png) > [Everything reminds Milton of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of the paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/everything-reminds-milton-of-the-money-supply-well-everything-reminds/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/robert-solow-33053_economics_everything-reminds-milton-of-the-money-s_421665.png) > [Suppose someone sits down where you are sitting right now and announces to me that he is Napoleon Bonaparte. The last thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/suppose-someone-sits-down-where-you-are-sitting-right-now-and/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/robert-solow-33053_battle_suppose-someone-sits-down-where-you-are_661433.png) > [Computers show up everywhere except the growth statistics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/computers-show-up-everywhere-except-the-growth-statistics/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/robert-solow-33053_computer_computers-show-up-everywhere-except-the_3011566.png) ## Other authors on Economist - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kenneth-e-boulding-56467.jpg) Kenneth E. Boulding 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/kenneth-e-boulding/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-kenneth-galbraith-51720.jpg) John Kenneth Galbraith 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/john-kenneth-galbraith/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-krugman-74013.jpg) Paul Krugman 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/paul-krugman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-milton-friedman-68333.jpg) Milton Friedman 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/milton-friedman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-maynard-keynes-51905.jpg) John Maynard Keynes 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/john-maynard-keynes/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joan-robinson-50208.jpg) Joan Robinson 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/joan-robinson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tim-harford-90885.jpg) Tim Harford 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/tim-harford/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nassim-nicholas-taleb-70256.jpg) Nassim Nicholas Taleb 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-stigler-38002.jpg) George Stigler 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/george-stigler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-thaler-78929.jpg) Richard Thaler 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/richard-thaler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-muhammad-yunus-69525.jpg) Muhammad Yunus 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/muhammad-yunus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-hudson-67160.jpg) Michael Hudson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/michael-hudson/) ## More by Robert Solow > [Everything reminds Milton Friedman of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of the paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/everything-reminds-milton-friedman-of-the-money-supply-well/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [I remember once reading that it is still not understood how the giraffe manages to pump an adequate blood supply all the way up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/i-remember-once-reading-that-it-is-still-not-understood-how-the/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [Everything reminds Milton of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of the paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/everything-reminds-milton-of-the-money-supply-well-everything-reminds/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [But part of the job of economics is weeding out errors. That is much harder than making them, but also more fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/but-part-of-the-job-of-economics-is-weeding-out-errors-that-is-much/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [Suppose someone sits down where you are sitting right now and announces to me that he is Napoleon Bonaparte. The last thing I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/suppose-someone-sits-down-where-you-are-sitting-right-now-and/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/you-can-see-the-computer-age-everywhere-but-in-the-productivity/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/why-does-a-public-discussion-of-economic-policy-so-often-show-the/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [The user of land should not be allowed to acquire rights of indefinite duration for single payments. For efficiency, for adequate revenue and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/the-user-of-land-should-not-be-allowed-to-acquire-rights-of/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [If God had meant there to be more than two factors of production, He would have made it easier for us to draw three-dimension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/if-god-had-meant-there-to-be-more-than-two-factors-of-production-he/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [The fact that there is no such thing as a perfect anti-sepsis does not mean that one might as well do brain surgery in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/the-fact-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-perfect-anti-sepsis-does/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/it-is-a-good-idea-to-be-ambitious-to-have-goals-to-want-to-be-good-at/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [There is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You have to grope your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/there-is-not-some-glorious-theoretical-synthesis-of-capitalism-that/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catastrophe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/the-world-can-in-effect-get-along-without-natural-resources-so/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [Everything reminds Milton Friedman of the money supply. Everything reminds me of sex, but I try to keep it out of my papers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/everything-reminds-milton-friedman-of-the-money-supply-everything/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) > [Computers show up everywhere except the growth statistics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/computers-show-up-everywhere-except-the-growth-statistics/) [Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economist/robert-solow/#itemlist", "name": "4 Economist Quotes By Robert Solow", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I remember once reading that it is still not understood how the giraffe manages to pump an adequate blood supply all the way up to its head; but it is hard to imagine that anyone would conclude tht giraffes do not have long necks. 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