Mankiw Gregory Quotes & Sayings

The job of economic theorists is to prove theorems. The job of policy economists is to figure out which theorems to apply. — N. Gregory Mankiw

I'm entranced by the idea of reading the culture back to itself, because I'm conscious that we as people and also as a culture are myth-making machines. So I'm interested in a resistance to that: What we can bend, what we can break. — Daphne Gottlieb

It is my judgment that any man or woman can do more to conform to the laws of God in one year in this life than they could do in ten years when they are dead. The spirit can only repent and change, and then the battle has to go forward with the flesh afterwards. It is much easier to overcome and serve the Lord when both flesh and spirit are combined as one. This is the time when men are more pliable and susceptible. We will find when we are dead every desire, every feeling will be greatly intensified. When clay is pliable it is much easier to change than when it gets hard and sets. — Melvin J. Ballard

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily. — Brie Larson

Without pressure, there would be no diamonds. Without tests and trials, you wouldn't know your own strength - or weaknesses. — Gena Showalter

The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care for detail, incorruptible judgment, an ability to work assiduously behind the scenes with the key stakeholders. — Tina Brown

The most eloquent seems to stutter. — Laozi

Being laughed at is excellent preparation for marriage. — Timberlake Wertenbaker

It's a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the healthiest markets are those that are animated by both fear and greed at the same time. — James Surowiecki

Sometimes the greatest blessings come when we leave the familiar behind and take a step of faith. — Norma Gail

What you seem to forget is that I'm not one of the embodiments of evil. I'm one of the embodiments of fear. That means I know what makes evil quake in the light of the sun. — Emily Kirby

The ultimate purpose of education is to learn how to find and see the beauty of creation so that you may feel the joy of life. — Debasish Mridha

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food. — Paul Prudhomme

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord, Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses - Rapid! That will do! Put me in on the firmest side, So I shall never fall; For we must ride to the Judgment, And it's partly down hill. — Emily Dickinson

If you have no doubt in what you are about to do, you are not pushing yourself hard enough. — Silvio Micali