--- title: "Best George Gilder Sayings" description: "George Franklin Gilder is an American investor, author, economist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. Browse 97 George Gilder quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-gilder-37698.jpg" --- ![Portrait of George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-gilder-37698.jpg) # George Gilder (1939) Philosopher United States **97** quotes in **639** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet George Gilder is a philosopher from the United States, best known for *Telecosm*. ## Quick Facts About George Gilder Born November 29, 1939 Nationality United States Profession Philosopher Notable works Telecosm Known for Wealth and poverty, The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers, The party that lost its head, Men and Marriage, Life after Google ## About George Gilder George Franklin Gilder is an American investor, author, economist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 book, Wealth and Poverty, advanced a case for supply-side economics and capitalism during the early months of the Reagan administration. He is the chairman of George Gilder Fund Management, LLC. ## Quotes by George Gilder · Page 3 > [Most of America's leading entrepreneurs are bound to the masts of their fortunes. They are allowed to keep their wealth only as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/most-of-america-s-leading-entrepreneurs-are-bound-to-the-masts-of/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/george-gilder-6757_america_most-of-america-s-leading-entrepreneurs_3132876.jpg) > [Unlike femininity, relaxed masculinity is at bottom empty, a limp nullity. While the female body is full of internal potentiality, the male…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/unlike-femininity-relaxed-masculinity-is-at-bottom-empty-a-limp/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/george-gilder-6757_action_unlike-femininity-relaxed-masculinity-is_2133854.jpg) > [The most important feature of an information economy, in which information is defined as surprise, is the overthrow, not the attainment, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/the-most-important-feature-of-an-information-economy-in-which/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/george-gilder-6757_appreciate_the-most-important-feature-of-an-informa_233950.jpg) > [But if the 1 percent and the 0.1 percent are respected and allowed to risk their wealth - and new rebels are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/but-if-the-1-percent-and-the-0-1-percent-are-respected-and-allowed-to/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/george-gilder-6757_america_but-if-the-1-percent-and-the-0-1-percent_1502781.jpg) > [Capitalism offers nothing but frustrations and rebuffs to those who wish - because of claimed superiority of intelligence, birth, credentials, or ideals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/capitalism-offers-nothing-but-frustrations-and-rebuffs-to-those-who/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Birth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/george-gilder-6757_birth_capitalism-offers-nothing-but-frustratio_1953823.jpg) > [ The United States is probably the most \[socially\] mobile society in the history of the world. The virtues that are most valuable… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/the-united-states-is-probably-the-most-socially-mobile-society-in-the/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6f/george-gilder-6757_ambition_the-united-states-is-probably-the-most-s_423349.jpg) > [ \[Successful\] projects that entrepreneurs initiated and carried through had one essential quality. All had been thoroughly contemplated by the regnant experts and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/successful-projects-that-entrepreneurs-initiated-and-carried-through/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/george-gilder-6757_business_successful-projects-that-entrepreneurs-i_1489795.jpg) > [Welfare now erodes work and family and thus keeps poor people poor. Accompanying welfare is an ideology - sustaining a whole system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/welfare-now-erodes-work-and-family-and-thus-keeps-poor-people-poor/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Bureaucracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bureaucracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/george-gilder-6757_bureaucracy_welfare-now-erodes-work-and-family-and-t_3180334.jpg) > [Entrepreneurial creation is the generation, de novo, of novelty and surprise- freedom of choice originating in the world of ideas, and imagination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/entrepreneurial-creation-is-the-generation-de-novo-of-novelty-and/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/george-gilder-6757_chemicals_entrepreneurial-creation-is-the-generati_2760564.jpg) > [At the heart of capitalism is the unification of knowledge and power. As Friedrich Hayek, the leader of the Austrian school of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/at-the-heart-of-capitalism-is-the-unification-of-knowledge-and-power/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/george-gilder-6757_assuming_at-the-heart-of-capitalism-is-the-unific_541398.jpg) > [“To declare enthusiasm for feminist ideals is almost a new mode of macho, a way to flaunt an invulnerable virility. Many will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/to-declare-enthusiasm-for-feminist-ideals-is-almost-a-new-mode-of/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/george-gilder-6757_feminism_to-declare-enthusiasm-for-feminist-ideal_1678445.jpg) > [Entropy is Janus-faced. Its upside surprises are redemptive and favorable to freedom. It is freedom of choice. But the carrier itself requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/entropy-is-janus-faced-its-upside-surprises-are-redemptive-and/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/george-gilder-6757_carrier_entropy-is-janus-faced-its-upside-surpri_2431866.jpg) > [The key role of entrepreneurs, like the most crucial role of scientists, is not to fill in the gaps in an existing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/the-key-role-of-entrepreneurs-like-the-most-crucial-role-of/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/george-gilder-6757_blank_the-key-role-of-entrepreneurs-like-the-m_2615241.jpg) > [“Yet economics purports to be strangely exempt from this fact of life. From Adam Smith's day to our own, the chief concern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/yet-economics-purports-to-be-strangely-exempt-from-this-fact-of-life/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/george-gilder-6757_adam-smith_yet-economics-purports-to-be-strangely-e_2290265.jpg) > [Surely women's liberation is a most unpromising panacea. But the movement is working politically, because our sexuality is so confused, our masculinity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/surely-women-s-liberation-is-a-most-unpromising-panacea-but-the/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/george-gilder-6757_confused_surely-women-s-liberation-is-a-most-unpr_3034479.jpg) > [From the equilibrium and spontaneous order of Adam Smith and his heirs, from invisible-handed markets and perfect competition, supply and demand, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/from-the-equilibrium-and-spontaneous-order-of-adam-smith-and-his/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/george-gilder-6757_adam_from-the-equilibrium-and-spontaneous-ord_2592714.jpg) > [Creativity is the foundation of wealth. All progress comes from the creative minority. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gilder/creativity-is-the-foundation-of-wealth-all-progress-comes-from-the/) [George Gilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/) [Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/george-gilder-6757_capitalism_creativity-is-the-foundation-of-wealth-a_1683068.jpg) ## George Gilder by topic [Economics (32)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economics/george-gilder/) [Wealth (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wealth/george-gilder/) [Capitalism (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/george-gilder/) [Business (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/george-gilder/) [Economy (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economy/george-gilder/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gilder/#itemlist", "name": "George Gilder Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most of America's leading entrepreneurs are bound to the masts of their fortunes. 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