Quotes of: Economic-theory Keyword

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.

Gerald Clarke

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

Constantin Brancusi

I started working and publishing in price theory by 1938.

George Stigler

My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere.

Dylan McDermott

Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case.

Ben Goldacre

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

George Santayana

I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.

William Mapother

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

Derek Bailey

I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory.

Eric Whitacre

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

Balthazar Getty

Theories might inspire you, but experiments will advance you.

Amit Kalantri

My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter.

Billy Bragg

I'll show you my theory, if you show me yours.

Love

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

William Whewell

Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.

Gautam Adani

Economics Teacher: Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics.

William Vickrey

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Everything we get, outside of the free gifts of nature, must in some way be paid for. The world is full of so- called economists who in turn are full of schemes for getting something for nothing. They tell us that the government can spend and spend w...

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

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