"The invisible hand is not perfect. Indeed, the invisible hand is a little bit arthritic ... I'm a believer in free markets, but I think we need to be less naÃ¯ve. We need to accept that markets give us pretty good solutions, but occasionally they will lock in something inferior."

-- W. Brian Arthur

#Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes #Invisible Hand Quotes

“Self-realization is great.”
“I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.”

Source : "Cook resigns from cabinet over Iraq" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2003.
“There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit in the book of rules.”
“It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.”
“I feel most confident when I'm taking care of my body and my skin.”
“And I can see Russia from my house.”
“There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.”
“The question now becomes about defining your terms. What is literature? Unless we allow it to encompass the oral tradition from which it grew, which means taking it back to Homer and beyond, it demands the written word - poetry and prose. [Bob] Dylan is no slouch at the written word, both in its own right, and transcribed from his lyrics, which have often been acclaimed as poetry and may well stand up as such. But that is not his mÃ©tier.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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