"It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories."

-- Stanley Fish

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“There is no other proposition in economics that has more solid empirical evidence supporting it than the Efficient Market Hypothesis... In the literature of finance, accounting, and the economics of uncertainty, the EMH is accepted as a fact of life.”
“For twelve successive Congresses we have appeared before committees of the two Houses making this plea, that the underlying principle of our Government, the right of consent, shall have practical application to the other half of people. Such a little simple thing we have been asking for a quarter of a century. For over forty years, longer than the children of Israel wandered through the wilderness, we have been begging and praying and pleading for this act of justice. We shall some day be heeded.”
“We live in a niche world.”
“Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.”
“If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
“Real economic stimulus comes from real investment.”
“I think I see her, please let me off this bus. Nadine, honey, is that you?”
“Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neighbors believe in and different from what your parents believe in. Stay true to yourself. Have your own opinion. Don't worry about what people say about you or think about you. Let the naysayers nay. They will eventually grow tired of naying.”

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