John Bates Clark Quotes

If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he raises and the clothing that he makes constitute, in themselves, his income. This ceases to be true when trading begins.

John Bates Clark

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 26, 1847 - March 21, 1938

Topics

ManIsolationBe TrueLivingTrue

People believe practice makes perfect, but it doesn't. If you're making a tremendous amount of mistakes, all you're doing is deeply ingraining the same mistakes.

Jillian Michaels

MistakesPracticePeopleBelieveYou

I would imagine that if you had a media brand that is solely focused on publishing 5,000-word stories with beautiful proprietary photographs and highly-produced videos, it would be a tough thing to make that economically sustainable.

Jim Bankoff

BeautifulToughBrandMediaYou

'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

Jodie Foster

BestMeChickenBecomeTaxiDriver

I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been able to rectify those events. It's been a bit of a learning curve, which is good.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

LearningGoodLongJumpEventsNeed

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

John Morley

LifeGreatNeedInterpretationOught

Boredom is a very self-conscious emotion by definition. Interest is not. So you can actually be completely absorbed in something and, at certain points in your development, not even realize that you're into it.

Angela Duckworth

BoredomYouDevelopmentEmotionYour

To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

Steven Soderbergh

JobMeBetterYouDirectorLeave

The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.

Simon Van Booy

CourageBeautifulStyleMomentJoy

I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.

Robert Caro

WorkWritingLongLateQuitRealize

I'm not great on the florals. I think you've got to wear what you're happy in and that is fun but isn't mutton dressed up as lamb.

Mary Berry

GreatFunHappyThinkYouDressed

I'm not too modest of a person. I've got a pretty blue sense of humor.

Michelle Monaghan

HumorBlueSense Of HumorPersonGot

I'm a pop princess at heart. Pop is about distilling what you want to say and making it easy. And the way I write isn't about making things easy. It's a weird juxtaposition.

Lorde

HeartWeirdEasyYouPrincessWant

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