Economist Quote by Thomas J. Sargent

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

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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

— William Nordhaus

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 sees something that works in practice and wonders if it would work in theory.

— Ronald Reagan

The more consistently Austrian School an economist is, the better a writer he will be.

— Murray Rothbard

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

— Anonymous

I would never make a good economist. You know, an economist is a man that can tell you anything about — well, he will…

— Will Rogers

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

— Anonymous

An economist is someone who knows all the answers to last years' questions.

— Robert Orben

I think what's different about Trump is he's a businessman - and he understands economics.

— Scott Bessent

To start with, anybody who would like the world to be a better place should be able to think like an economist.

— Diane Coyle

I am a trained economist.

— Gita Gopinath