Human nature Quote by John Maynard Keynes

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

— John Maynard Keynes

The government argues that without a price, the living world is accorded no value, so irrational decisions are made. By costing nature, you ensure…

— George Monbiot

We do not assert that the capitalist mode of economic calculation guarantees the absolutely best solution of the allocation of factors of production. Such…

— Ludwig von Mises

“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born.”

— A.P. Gouthe

It is obvious, moreover, that the formation of price in capitalist society must differ from the formation of price in social conditions based upon…

— Rudolf Hiferding

“Why be elated by material profit?” Father replied. “The one who pursues a goal of evenmindedness is neither jubilant with gain nor depressed by…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“No one cultivates in a stony-ground, instead he cultivates in a soft-rich ground. Do not expect people to invest in you if you're a…

— Godspower Oparaugo

“In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation,…

— Thomas Hobbes

“More generally, confidence that an investment of labor and resources could claim its reward-whether at harvest time or when dividends were issued years later-has…

— Thomas Sowell

Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.

— Vanna Bonta

“I find economics increasingly satisfactory, and I think I am rather good at it. I want to manage a railroad or organise a Trust…

— John Maynard Keynes

Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.

— Joseph Addison