Scroogenomics Quotes & Sayings

Became postmaster general, and Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln's "Mars," eventually became secretary — Doris Kearns Goodwin

It feels strange to me to be living in a box, hiding from the steadying influence of the moon; wearing the hide of a cow, which is supposed to be dyed to match God-knows-what, on my feet; making promises over the telephone about things I will do at a precise hour next year. — Barbara Kingsolver

His self-respect was at its lowest ebb. — C.S. Forester

We are bodies, sometimes with dreams and always with desires. — Barbara Kingsolver

And we left the light
for the night of the street — Pierre Albert-Birot

Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to unwrap a present. Buy Scroogenomics for your friends and family. It makes the perfect Christmas gift. — Ian Ayres

You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you? — Bud Abbott

The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint. That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church. — Alan Green

A high degree of autonomy is what permits innovation, experimentation and risk taking in a bureaucracy. If the slightest mistake can end a career, then no one will ever take risks. — Francis Fukuyama

The "truth" is the poem itself. Just because someone writes a poem about a feeling she has does not mean that the feeling will stay forever. The truth of the emotion of the poem remains, even if the particular truth of the poet changes. — Denise Duhamel

I'm really hoping he's being genuine because I can already tell he isn't the kind of guy a girl gets a simple crush on. He's the kind of guy you fall hard for, and the thought of that terrifies me. I don't really want to fall hard for anyone at all, especially someone who's only making an effort because he thinks I'm easy. I also don't want to fall for someone who has already branded himself hopeless. But I'm curious. So curious. — Colleen Hoover

There had been no contradiction between a man of science and a man of religion. They provided different means to the same goal: understanding the works of God. — Colin Dickey

Dance well with a woman, he thought smugly, and she's halfway yours. — Robert Jordan

We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them. — Chauncey Wright