Baggage Quote by Barbara Tuchman

“Policy making invariably involves taking measured risks in the face of uncertainty, for one has neither a prior template nor the luxury of indecision.…

— Raghuram G. Rajan

We're not policy people and we don't want to be policy people. All we're interested in, as social scientists, is data that accurately represents…

— Orlando Rodriguez

“Policy making invariably involves taking measured risks in the face of uncertainty, for one has neither a prior template nor the luxury of indecision.”

— Raghuram G. Rajan

“Policies are organizational scar tissue. They are codified overreactions to situations that are unlikely to happen again. They are collective punishment for the misdeeds…

— Jason Fried

It's really important that policy be properly designed. It's not enough just to.. .get angry over a subject.

— Jamie Dimon

The crucial question for any policy is not what, are its intentions, but what are its effects?

— Walter E. Williams

Policy is driven by more than politics, however. It is equally driven by ideas.

— Malcolm Gladwell

“When people have the opportunity to collect information from the world, they are more likely to select information that supports their preexisting attitudes, beliefs,…

— Chip Heath

Policy is the way you can change the world.

— Malcolm Brogdon

“The human tendency toward confirmatory thinking - all of us are bias to seek information that fits what we already believe.”

— Valerie Tarico

My mantra about everything that has to do with public policy is: identify and reject the false choice.

— Kamala Harris

Policy is about real people and real stories, and sometimes we forget that.

— Pramila Jayapal