Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration.
WHEAT n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; … also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread per capita of population than any other people which is natural for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.
Fundamentally there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion the technique of the army and of the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation of individuals the technique of the marketplace.
People are the common denominator of progress. So … no improvement is possible with unimproved people and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads railroads power plants mills and the other familiar furniture of economic development…. But we are coming to realize … that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.
I place economy among the first and important virtues and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them they will be happy.
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences are usually the slaves of some defunct economist…. It is ideas not vested interests which are dangerous for good or evil.
I have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race.
That which we obtain too easily we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.
Governments view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And if it stops moving subsidize it.
We think so because other people all think so Or becauseor becauseafter all we do think so Or because we were told so and think we must think so Or because we once thought so and think we still think so Or because having thought so we think we will think so.
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things but most of the things they make it easier to do dont need to be done.
The injury of prodigality leads to this that he who will not economize will have to agonize.
One should eat to live not live to eat.
Economy is going without something you do want in case you should some day want something which you probably wont want.
Without economy none can be rich and with it few can be poor.
Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration.
A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.
Feast and your halls are crowded; Fast and the world goes by.
A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.
Honors a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating hes right honorable.
The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat something to drink and somebody to love you.
WHEAT n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; … also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread per capita of population than any other people which is natural for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.
We are enjoying sluggish times and not enjoying them very much.
The world abhors closeness and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness and a tight hand strength.
All human history attests That happiness for man the hungry sinner! ? Since Eve ate apples much depends on dinner.
Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.
What we might call by way of eminence the Dismal Science.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
Reason should direct and appetite obey.
I dont like spinach and Im glad I dont because if I liked it Id eat it and I just hate it.
When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man whenever you please; and if you are a poor man whenever you can.
Everyone is always in favor of general economy and particular expenditure.
Let the stoics say what they please we do not eat for the good of living but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen.
Man is what he eats.
I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don?t fight I?ll eat this planet.
There can be no security where there is fear.
Fundamentally there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion the technique of the army and of the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation of individuals the technique of the marketplace.
People are the common denominator of progress. So … no improvement is possible with unimproved people and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads railroads power plants mills and the other familiar furniture of economic development…. But we are coming to realize … that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.
If you want to make life easy make it hard.
Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.
They that die by famine die by inches.
About the time we think we can make ends meet somebody moves the ends.
I learned more about economics from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years at college.
People want economy and theyll pay any price to get it.
I place economy among the first and important virtues and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them they will be happy.
This was a good dinner enough to be sure but it was not a dinner to ask a man to.
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences are usually the slaves of some defunct economist…. It is ideas not vested interests which are dangerous for good or evil.
An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.
When we lose I eat. When we win I eat. I also eat when were rained out.
It [training] doesnt get easier; you just get faster.
I have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race.
A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.
One should eat to live and not live to eat.
That which we obtain too easily we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.
It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. (about herself)
One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.
Governments view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And if it stops moving subsidize it.
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
We think so because other people all think so Or becauseor becauseafter all we do think so Or because we were told so and think we must think so Or because we once thought so and think we still think so Or because having thought so we think we will think so.