Quotes tagged with 'economics'
Most of my money I spent on boats and women. The rest I pissed away.
—Skipper Bob
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
—John Kenneth Galbraith
The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to mine, and to process; and that it cannot be created by political fiat or caprice.
—Henry Hazlitt
Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.
—Benjamin Lichtenberg
If printing money would end poverty, printing diplomas would end stupidity.
—Javier Milei
My kids are older now. They kinda upset with me. ... I tell them all the time. We ain't rich. I'm rich.
—Shaquille O'neal
Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries
—Rand Paul
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.
—Ron Paul
All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure is always offered to take more of the poison that caused the disaster. Depressions are not the result of a free economy.
—Ayn Rand
We don't have inflation because we are living too well, we have it because the government is living too well.
—Ronald Reagan
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