Pastimes Pub Quotes & Sayings

The metaphor that Romer used to describe the economy to noneconomists was of a well-stocked kitchen waiting for a brilliant chef to exploit it. Everyone in the kitchen starts with more or less the same ingredients, the metaphor ran, but not everyone produces good food. And only a very few people who wander into the kitchen find entirely new ways to combine old ingredients into delightfully tasty recipes. These people were the wealth creators. — Michael Lewis

Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Words are contact with other beings. I see a word that says something I've noticed, seen, felt, obserevd, and I capture it; "I need that word!" — Vanna Bonta

Nothing made him desist except his own lamentable state of demoralization. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it probably means too few voices have been heard. — Ron Suskind