Consistently Quote by Murray Rothbard

I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

— Thomas J. Sargent

Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre…

— Mark Twain

An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be.

— William Nordhaus

Keynes was a very good economist. He was brilliant. He had wonderful insights. His work has inspired me many times.

— Thomas J. Sargent

I’m not into the whole Austrian type, strongly libertarian economics. I like more mainstream economics

— Robert Sarvis

An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.

— Anonymous

I don't think exactly like a professional economist. I think about economics and economic ideas, but somewhat like an outsider.

— John Forbes Nash, Jr

An economist is someone who knows more about money than the people who have it

— Anonymous

“The appeal to the intellectually insecure is also more important than it might seem. Because economics touches so much of life, everyone wants to…

— Paul Krugman

An economist is someone who sees something that works in practice and wonders if it would work in theory.

— Ronald Reagan

I'm a big fan of economist Milton Freidman.

— Brandon Webb