Stephen J. Dubner Quotes

'Freakonomics' began with a 'N.Y. Times Magazine' profile I wrote about Steve Levitt. I was working on a book about 'the psychology of money,' and since Levitt's an economist, my editor thought I'd be the guy to write about him. Fact is that Levitt has almost no interest in either psychology or money.

Stephen J. Dubner

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So many people wait around for funding, and if they're unsuccessful, they don't make the film; if you've got a good idea, that seems so pointless. There's always a way of doing it; you've just got to find it.

Joel Edgerton

GoodPeopleWaitDoingYouFind

I got a couple on per album but my problem was that I wanted to sing the songs and not let Roger sing them.

John Entwistle

ProblemGotSingSongsWantedAlbum

The one thing that I don't think the Obama administration gets anywhere near enough credit for is the high level of administrators. They meet all the time so they can synergize the federal investments. That's the way any corporation would do it.

John Hickenlooper

TimeThinkEnoughCreditMeetWay

As soon as I hear the word 'competition' I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

Maureen McCormick

CompetitionStartDoingI CanGet

I think the actors in 'Greystoke' were amazing. They had a really good performance coach called Peter Elliott who's, of his time, one of the greatest simian performance coaches for actors.

Andy Serkis

GoodTimeAmazingPerformanceThink

If you haven't created the time as an owner to understand why people are choosing your model over your competition, then you are only managing the business that comes in the door, not actively seeking it out.

Michael Gerber

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Many of life's problems and sorrows are inevitable, but feeling sorry for yourself is a choice.

Amy Morin

LifeYourselfSorryProblemsChoice

I'm not just a pundit - I'm a comedian.

Stephen Colbert

JustComedian

I never write about a place I don't know.

Ruth Rendell

PlaceKnowNeverWriteAbout

When I worked with Billie Jean King and Craig Kardon, and we would be working on something, Billie would show up and say, 'What about this?' Neither one of us had seen it.

Martina Navratilova

KingSayUpSeenSomethingWorking

It's one thing to make something, and then it's another thing to put it in front of other people.

Lucy Dacus

PeopleSomethingOne ThingFrontPut

We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility that we can come up, we can pursue our dreams and our aspirations and we won't be blocked by government regulation, by the inability to get a loan as a small business to make our dreams come true.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

DreamsBusinessGreatResponsibility

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