Monetarist Quotes & Sayings

I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be involved with what you have done. — Mick Jagger

Men are not given awards and promotions for bravery in intimacy. — Gail Sheehy

made us in such a way that we cannot enjoy paradise without friends. — Jonathan Holmes

Don't ever say that after sex, do you understand? If you feel the urge to say it, go see the girl first thing in the morning, with her night breath and no makeup ... watch her on the toilet ... listen to her with her friends ... go meet her hairy mother and her shrill friends ... and if you still feel the need to say such a stupid thing, then God help you. — Jess Walter

Creativity is more important than imagination because it requires action. — Matthew Donnelly

We sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play. — Alice Hegan Rice

But again He is equally present in sudden unexpected moments, and it is the neglect of these moments that is the most fruitful source of disbelief in Him. — Charles Williams

I'm not really book-smart. — Eminem

It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. I merely give robust expression to views about the cosmos and morality with which you happen to disagree. You interpret that as 'intolerance' because of the weirdly privileged status of religion, which expects to get a free ride and not have to defend itself. If I wrote a book called The Socialist Delusion or The Monetarist Delusion, you would never use a word like intolerance. But The God Delusion sounds automatically intolerant. Why? What's the difference? I have a (you might say fanatical) desire for people to use their own minds and make their own choices, based upon publicly available evidence. Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'. There is a huge difference. — Richard Dawkins

Capturing the terms of the debate through the adroit use of language has allowed the GOP to bamboozle millions of people about their own material interests. — Mike Lofgren

I am not a monetarist, and I am not a Keynesian. On certain points I agree with each. — Maurice Allais

Today most of the debate on the cutting edge in macroeconomics would not call itself "Keynesian" or "monetarist" or any other label relating to a school of thought. The data are considered the ruling principle, and it is considered suspect to have too strong a loyalty to any particular model about the underlying structure of the economy. — Tyler Cowen

Twentieth pupil of the centuries knows its stuff and bird-changed this century like Jesus climbs the sky. — Guillaume Apollinaire

One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist. — Harold Macmillan

I have learned that I am a one-woman man. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

In the long run, the greatest weapon of mass destruction is stupidity. — Thomas Sowell