"economics limps along with one foot in untested hypotheses and the other in untestable slogans."

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Source : "Metaphysics, Morals and Science" (1962)

Joan Robinson

#Feet Quotes #Economics Quotes #Hypothesis Quotes

“One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.”
“[The child] takes his play very seriously and he expends large amounts of emotion on it. The opposite of play is not what is serious but what is real.”
“Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.”
“I am haunted by numberless islands, many a Danaan shore, Where Time would surely forget us, and Sorrow come near us no more;Soon far from the rose and the lily and fret of the flames would we be, Were we only white birds, my beloved, buoyed out on the foam of the sea!”
“I noticed a lot of bands always having a few people in the band being interested in recording and audio production, so I got the idea to create products that would appeal to them. Rather than create tools that only engineers could understand, I designed tools that any musician could use and get instant great sounding results.”

Source : Source: puregrainaudio.com
“Motherhood is the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in human life. The mother's image is the first that stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child's mind. It is her caress that first awakens a sense of security; her kiss, the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world.”
“A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom.”
“I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable.”

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