"Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom."

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Source : Autobiographical Essay for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, www.nobelprize.org. 2001.

Joseph Stiglitz

#Running Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Results Quotes

“Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook.”
“You should never give up your inner self.”
“You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy; happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival; it's all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in...”
“The biggest frontier opens up in front of us and rather than be afraid of it, we should go forward with courage.”
“If you are digging for excellent or suggestive renderings, this is among the richer mines.”
“If a movie is nominated for, say, an Academy award, that movie will instantly become popular in Japan. There's always been a bit of a complex the Japanese have about being taken seriously in the West.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“What is delayed is not lost.”

Source : Juliette Drouet (2015). “Love-Letters to Victor Hugo: Works Of Hugo”, p.183, 谷月社
“There is no end to learning, but there are many beginnings.”

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