Economics Quote by Richard Davenport-Hines

“He never studied, not a paper, not a textbook . . . the books he reads are the people that come to him,”

— Edna O'Brien

“Intellectually, what is stimulating to a young man is a problem of obvious practical importance. A young man learning economics, for example, ought to…

— Bertrand Russell

“He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him; he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“I thought about the hours we spent practicing increasingly complex math problems. He taught me that lack of knowledge and lack of intelligence were…

— J.D. Vance

“This idea that the buying, or even the reading, of books is an expensive hobby and beyond the reach of the average person is…

— George Orwell

“I was ignorant at first of bookish subjects, but in his atmosphere, if one were no student, and didn't even try to keep up,…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

“I realized that as a thinking person his advantage lay precisely in his lack of formal education. Nobody told him what to think, and…

— Peter Hessler

“The problem is not the content of textbooks, but the very idea of them.”

— Sam Wineburg

“There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.”

— Peter Boettke

“Yet, during these broken and irregular periods, he had developed one of the most valuable assets any man can have, even from a university…

— Dale Carnegie

“So what were your favorite subjects in school?" "School?" He leaned back in his chair as though he needed the extra space to think…

— Janette Rallison

“None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good economists…

— John Kenneth Galbraith