Brain Quote by Brit Marling

I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.

— Ben Bernanke

Economics in college was very poor; I was not very impressed with it. I actually wanted to study statistics. I discovered mathematical statistics as…

— Kenneth Arrow

I majored in economics in college. Certain things were just out, like chemistry or biology, or science or math, that was just out of…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I was a business major in college, so I knew economics.

— Mike Holmgren

I had never taken any economics. I literally didn't know what it was. I thought it was just about the study of money.

— David Autor

Economics comes easily to me, and we all seek out what we do well in life. I had in mind becoming a businessman. And…

— Merlin Olsen

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

— Herb Ritts

I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with…

— James Tobin

I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.

— Herb Ritts

I think I couldn't do what I do [live without money] without studying economics, because you need to understand the system first - how…

— Mark Boyle

Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.

— Dan Quayle

Economics never was a dismal science. I should be a realistic science.

— Paul Samuelson