Life Quotes

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

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"The value of life cannot be measured in dollars alone."
Gary Becker
"Social capital is as important as financial capital."
Gary Becker
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"The economy is ultimately about satisfying human desires and needs."
Robert Solow
R
"The human element in economics cannot be reduced to mere numbers."
Robert Solow
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"Every man must arrange his life as if he has already decided in favor of those convictions."
Paul Samuelson
P
"Legacy matters more than momentary gain."
Paul Samuelson
S
"The curves we draw represent millions of human lives and aspirations"
Simon Kuznets
S
"Economic forces are ultimately human forces"
Simon Kuznets
S
"Economic development is a journey with many waypoints, not a simple destination"
Simon Kuznets
"Life's complexity defies reduction to a single optimization problem."
Kenneth Arrow
"Life teaches us that simplicity is often deceptive."
Kenneth Arrow
"The demand for children is elastic—people respond to incentives."
Gary Becker
"Leisure time becomes more valuable as we grow older and wealthier."
Gary Becker
"The cost of living well is often a deliberate sacrifice of alternatives."
Gary Becker
K
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"
Kenneth Boulding
K
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it"
Kenneth Boulding
"Life's meaning is not found but constructed through choices and connections."
Kenneth Arrow
K
"In the economy of the spirit, generosity multiplies what is shared."
Kenneth Boulding
K
"We are all works in progress, never finished or perfected."
Kenneth Boulding
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"Culture is not destiny, but it is not easily overcome either."
Gunnar Myrdal
G
"Social structures shape individual choices more than we typically acknowledge."
Gunnar Myrdal
S
"In economic life, as in life itself, the journey transforms the traveler."
Simon Kuznets
K
"The degree to which I can create problems is the degree to which I am alive."
Kenneth Boulding
"Everything in life is a series of balances and counterbalances."
Vilfredo Pareto
K
"The image we hold of ourselves becomes the destiny we create."
Kenneth Boulding
K
"The rhythm of life is the rhythm of giving and receiving, action and rest."
Kenneth Boulding
"The earning of money is not the end and aim of human life."
Irving Fisher
"The leisure of a nation is its greatest treasure."
Thorstein Veblen
"The life of man in modern times is essentially competitive."
Alfred Marshall
"Economic activity is a reflection of human nature itself."
Alfred Marshall