Economist Quotes

I am an educationist. I'm an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know?

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

It's easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.

Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.

An economist says that essentially more for you is less for me, but the lover knows that more for you is more for me, too.

The consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else.

The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.

Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.

As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.

Economics is too important to leave to the economists.

Please find me a one-armed economist so we will not always hear, "On the other hand..."

I have never considered myself an economist.

Most economists, including me, agree that longevity insurance would make sense for a lot of people.

Economists are generally negligent of their heroes.

Progess, do not regress.

There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen.

Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on the next).

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.'

All great economists are tall. There are two exceptions: John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman.

I guess economists, it's a bit like scientists, you have definitely fewer women in that field.

There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

Economists did something even better than predict the crisis. We correctly predicted that we would not be able to predict it.