Herbert Stein famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If something cannot go on for ever, it will stop
-- Herbert Stein

#Goes On #Economics
Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency.
-- Herbert Stein

#Agency #Government #Decision
Trends that can't continue, won't.
-- Herbert Stein

#Trends
Economists are very good at saying that something cannot go on forever, but not so good at saying when it will stop.
-- Herbert Stein

#Forever #Goes On #Very Good
Whatever may be the distribution of uncertainty among economists, the public only gets to hear from those who have certain opinions.
-- Herbert Stein

#May #Opinion #Certain
Things that can't go on forever... don't.
-- Herbert Stein

#Forever #Goes On
[The Democrats] will say that the Reagan administrtion has given benefits to the rich at the expense of the poor - a term that they define broadly to include middle-income people, women, minorities, the aged, the young, farmers, steelworkers, and others.
-- Herbert Stein

#People #Income #Minorities
For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have elected office seekers who would not balance it. The public cares about deficits, but doesn't care much.
-- Herbert Stein

#Believe #Years #Office
Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior.
-- Herbert Stein

#Modern Life #Patient #Modern
If a thing can't go on forever, it will eventually stop.
-- Herbert Stein

#Forever #Goes On #Ifs
If you asked a sample of Americans "What is the temperature of Mars?" about 8% would say they don't know.
-- Herbert Stein

#Mars #Temperature #Sample
If something is inevitable, it will happen
-- Herbert Stein

#Inevitable #Happens #Ifs

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