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Milton Friedman Quotes

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

Milton Friedman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 31, 1912 - November 16, 2006

Topics

Government Problem Solution Bad

Forget the consultants, the pundits and the pollsters; good policy is good politics.

Good Politics Forget Policy Pundits

It's okay if someone is disgusted or offended by my performance. It's just a performance.

Performance Someone Offended Okay

I like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them.

Guns Carry Like Around Them

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.

Ego Person Average Normal Psychotic

I guess I'm kind of a mutt. I was born in the U.S., my parents are from Mexico, and I grew up in Switzerland. It's weird because I sound American, but I spell theater 'theatre' with the 'r' before the 'e'.

Parents Theatre Weird American Born

I take after my mother more than my father in terms of personality. My mother's a worrier, and I'm a worrier. Both were very good with numbers and mathematics, so I kind of got that from both of them.

Good Father Mother Mathematics Kind

We all make mistakes, and sometimes the difference that we forget is that the people we read about in the paper and on the Internet and see on TV, behind that is, at its core, a mistake.

Mistakes Mistake People Internet See

Drama can be an addiction. It's so, so sneaky. Jealousy - all of those things can really send you in a lot of different crazy directions.

Christian Slater

Jealousy Crazy You Drama Addiction

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

Clarence Clemons

Me Kind Rock Roll Even Though

You put a tuxedo on me, it's like putting a saddle on a hog.

Me You Tuxedo Like Saddle Hog

Given my venture capital background, I know the tech sector well.

Know Venture Capital Well Venture

I really think that people never go wrong by telling the truth.

Truth People Think Wrong Go Never

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