"The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

-- Charles P. Kindleberger

#Lasts Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Derivatives Quotes

“I don't think I can play the game and sell myself.”
“A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.”
“If we played like that every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistent.”
“Donâ€™t ask me those questions! Donâ€™t ask me what life means or how we know reality or why we have to suffer so much. Donâ€™t talk about how nothing feels real, how everything is coated with gelatin and shining like oil in the sun. I donâ€™t want to hear about the tiger in the corner or the Angel of Death or the phone calls from John the Baptist.”
“A bottle of wine Still to be drunk, A bundle of thoughts Still to be thunk.”
“It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.”
“I think it's good to know more than the average guy. If I'm in a bar now and some pretty girl is talking to some handsome 24-year-old man, I'll say, "Okay, who's the emperor after Caligula? What chief mistake did Marcus Aurelius make in choosing a successor?" He'll just look like an idiot. She'll just gravitate toward me, I'm thinking. It works in Detroit.”
“I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

You may also like:

Barry Eichengreen
Economist
Christopher Buckley
Author
Edwin Lefevre
Journalist
Hyman Minsky
Economist
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
Robert Gilpin
Political Scientist
Robert Solow
Economist
Walt Whitman Rostow
Economist
Walter Bagehot
Journalist