Kedianomics Quotes & Sayings

And [Thaler] noticed that when he had his fellow economists to dinner, they filled up on cashews, which meant they had less appetite for the meal. More to the point, he noticed that they tended to be relieved when he removed the cashew nuts, so they didn't ruin their dinners. "The idea that it could make you better off to reduce your choices - that idea was alien to economics. — Michael Lewis

It's a long journey - the change can only be measured in increments of five years at a time. For every two steps forward, there is one step back. Don't let that discourage you, because you can play a big part in ensuring that measurable change takes place in the coming decade. — Jack Norris

The self is who we truly are, but the persona or mask (the word comes from the Latin for an actor's mask) is the face we turn to the world in order to deal with it. A persona is absolutely necessary, but the problem is that we often become identified with it, to the detriment of our self, a dilemma that the existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre recognized in his notion of mauvaise foi, or "bad faith," when one becomes associated exclusively with one's social role. — Gary Lachman

I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement. — Ben Carson

Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility. — Radhanath Swami

It's never too late to be, who you always aspired to be. — Louise Hall

I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq. — Sarah Palin

As a technical communicator, I am an enabler of
information. — Suyog Ketkar

Slightest accidents open up new worlds. — Jeanette Winterson

It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for to what lengths will a man not be driven by thwarted desire? — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

I pretty much came out of the womb singing. I think I sang all the time. — Jodi Benson

Neighbors are the most indecent sort of folk around. Nothing but voyeurs and gossipers. As a community we would be much better off without them. — Bauvard

It all depends with how much judgment and knowledge the thing's done. — Leo Tolstoy

I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles. — Mariella Frostrup