Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Our emotions are part of our decision-making, not separate from it."
Richard Thaler
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"The economy is not just about money. It's about life."
Kate Raworth
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"The economy is a system in service of life."
Kate Raworth
K
"Prosperity is a journey, not a destination."
Kate Raworth
K
"We are not separate from the economy. We are the economy."
Kate Raworth
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"Life's complexity is not a reason to give up; it's a reason to be humble in our efforts."
Abhijit Banerjee
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Raj Patel
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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Raj Patel
R
"Life asks not what you have gained, but what you have given."
Raj Patel
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"We are all experimental subjects in the grand marketplace of life."
Vernon Smith
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"We are all economists in the sense that we all make choices about scarce resources."
Vernon Smith
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"Life is the ultimate game; the question is whether the rules are fair."
Eric Maskin
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"The life well-lived is simply the life we actually show up for."
Raj Patel
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"Life rewards those who understand incentives and act accordingly."
Vernon Smith
V
"Life's complexity is manageable through markets' distributed decision-making."
Vernon Smith
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"In the garden of life, we are both the gardener and the seed."
Raj Patel
R
"Life is too short to live someone else's version of it."
Raj Patel
R
"The best time to think about how you want to live is before you're forced to decide."
Richard Thaler
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"The sunk cost fallacy keeps us trapped in bad decisions. Let go of what's already gone."
Richard Thaler
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"Regret is one of the most powerful emotions that shapes our decisions."
Richard Thaler
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"We live in the present but plan for a future we cannot predict accurately."
Richard Thaler
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"We care deeply about relative position, not just absolute outcomes."
Richard Thaler
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"We hate losing more than we love winning. This shapes every choice we make."
Richard Thaler
R
"The goal of policy should be to help people live the lives they want to live."
Richard Thaler
R
"Good policy recognizes that people have multiple selves with different goals."
Richard Thaler
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"We need an economy that is designed to thrive, not just survive."
Kate Raworth
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"The economy is a means to an end - a good life for all, within planetary limits."
Kate Raworth
K
"We need an economy that makes us feel alive, not just financially secure."
Kate Raworth
K
"The economy is not an abstraction - it's about real lives and real flourishing."
Kate Raworth
"Life is a series of choices; choose with intention."
Hernando de Soto