"After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics."

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Source : Vernon L. Smith (2008). “Discovery - A Memoir”, p.126, AuthorHouse

Vernon L. Smith

#Engineering Quotes #Kansas Quotes #Graduates Quotes

“Oh, I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly. But that's just part of the deal. I'm not really sure what's going to come out of my mouth.”
“Life is like an elevator. Up and down, just make sure you get off on the right floor.”
“She gave me a pledge card, a card promising an annual gift of $5, $10, or $25 toward the support of the Unity mission. I filled it out under the hot light of the projector. The name and address spaces were much too short, unless you wrote a very fine hand or unless your name was Ed Poe and you lived at 1 Elm St.”

Source : Charles Portis (2007). “The Dog of the South”, p.72, The Overlook Press
“I ain't afraid to tell the world that it don't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.”
“The pack is very important for a dog. Once you give him the right pack and the right energy, you look at him.”
“Grass is the least rewarding of all status symbols... The grass does nothing but drink money, exhaust energies, crush spirits, destroy sleep, create tensions and interfere with the watching of baseball games, and sprout insolent signs ordering humans to keep off it.”

Source : Russell Baker (1965). “All Things Considered”
“Writers, unlike most people, tell their best lies when they are alone.”
“This was great fun and a nice paycheck and then, as these things happen, the show was canceled.”

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