"If you don’t want to cry about the state of the economy, why not laugh instead? This book is an ideal introduction to the subject for anybody who thinks they ought to understand what’s happening around them but is put off by the usual dense text and economics jargon."

-- Diane Coyle

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.”
“I have very poor eyesight, and I can't imagine a world without my glasses or contacts.”
“Writing a book has about it some of the anxiety of telling a joke and having to wait several years to know whether or not it was funny.”
“Never cut loose from your longings.”
“Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.”
“That's all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in steel.”
“The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion or not. If we are, then can we reduce the suffering to a minimum? If I lose my direction, I have to look for the North Star, and I go to the north. That does not mean I expect to arrive at the North Star. I just want to go in that direction.”
“Sometimes you read something and it's just -- it doesn't invite a reader....Sometimes you read something and it's not saying, 'oh come in, come in have a seat. I'm going to tell you what happened.' Perhaps my writing comes off as conversational...and that takes effort.”

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