Curious Quote by Friedrich August von Hayek

“An economics of systems only-an economics of markets but not of men-is fatally flawed.”

— George Gilder

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

— Upton Sinclair

“men wrestle with the things they cannot change, and they ignore those that might bend to some economy of effort.”

— Hugh Howey

“Wouldn't economics make a lot more sense if it were based on how people actually behave, instead of how they should behave?”

— Dan Ariely

“Taken as a whole, men are idiots and fools. They want what they cannot have, and fear what they do have has been gotten…

— Suzanne Enoch

“My dear friend, the entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don't you know…

— Brandon Sanderson

“But ideas can make men forget their own interests. And the guys in charge will exploit men who believe in ideas too much.”

— Min Jin Lee

“Men are inventing ideas every day to justify for themselves and others their actions and needs.”

— Richard Wright

“Expert economics coming to the assistance of ambitious unintelligence.” Let them chew cake.”

— Mary Roach

“Upton Sinclair once said, ‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

— Yanis Varoufakis

“The educated man ought to be able to do something better, something higher than merely to put money in his purse. Money-making can not…

— Orison Swett Marden

“A man's riches are based on what he can do without.”

— Henry David Thoreau