"where are we to look for the consumption required but among the unproductive labourers of Adam Smith?..."

-- Thomas Malthus

#Looks Quotes #Adam Quotes #Consumption Quotes

“It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny.”
“To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as to permit accurate symbolic representation. That is only another way of saying that in some branches of discourse it is desirable to know what you are talking about.”

Source : James R. Newman (2000). “The World of Mathematics”, p.1200, Рипол Классик
“One theory says that if you treat people well, you're more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all the effort pay off. Do this, get that. Another one, which I prefer, is that you might consider treating people with kindness merely because you can. Regardless of what they choose to do in response, this is what you choose to do. Because you can.”
“A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.”
“When I first started coming to New York in the early Nineties and seeing the vitality of the programme compared to what was going on back in London or Paris, it was just in a different league. It's like a 16th-century court.”
“We think-although of course, now, we very seldom Clearly think- That the other side of War is Peace.”
“The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.”
“An eyewitness account is evidence that an artist has proposed a work of art. But documentary evidence (i.e. a photograph) is more conclusive.”

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