Ronald Coase Quotes

During the two centuries since the publication of 'The Wealth of Nations,' the main activity of economists, it seems to me, has been to fill the gaps in Adam Smith's system, to correct his errors and to make his analysis vastly more exact.

Ronald Coase

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 29, 1910 - September 2, 2013

Topics

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I'm not a complicated person.

Jessie Ware

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I think that the first book that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the South - was Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple,' which I read for the first time when I was in junior high.

Jesmyn Ward

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There are no legends about the Duponts; the legends are about Howard Hughes.

John Gregory Dunne

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In an era of social everything, we want to spark possibility and opportunity in the creative arts, in real life, person to person.

Angela Ahrendts

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We should have a path to legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally. It means, come out from the shadows, pay a fine, earn legal status by working, by paying taxes, learning English. Not committing crimes and earn legal status where you're not cutting in front of the line for people that are patiently waiting outside.

Jeb Bush

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I ended up in Parliament and soon discovered that emotion really doesn't have any place in politics. It's a much more intricate and complicated game, and I just didn't know how to play it.

Amitabh Bachchan

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I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs.

Stephen Collins

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I decided early on, very early, that the best role I could play is to speak in my own voice, assume my own voice and my own ideas. Even if you support a candidate who ultimately wins, what you say and do is seen through the filter of that candidate.

Tom Cotton

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I like to work. I believe that work helps us find our self worth.

Ruth Reichl

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I'm just grateful for the opportunities that have come my way.

Michael Stuhlbarg

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I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions.

Dick Cheney

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I'm a nice middle-class girl.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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