Douglass North Quotes

What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the course of reading that I became convinced that I should become an economist.

Douglass North

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1920 - November 23, 2015

Topics

OpportunityWarMeReadingThree

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

Jim Lovell

LiveScienceManMoonWorldGo

Whenever I was trying to get over a boy, I would write him a really long, wrought letter - but never mail it.

Jenny Han

TryingLongBoyNeverWriteOver

There's nothing tantric about my particular view on life.

Andrew Cohen

LifeViewNothingAboutParticular

Before me, music soundtracks were sort of afterthoughts.

Melvin Van Peebles

MusicMeBeforeSortWere

At their core, an influencer creates an empowering human connection.

Angela Ahrendts

ConnectionHumanCoreEmpowering

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.

Travis Barker

SchoolThreeJazzBandYearsWell

I like cable: you only work four months out of the year and have the other eight months to do movies if you want.

Travis Fimmel

WorkYearYouWantMoviesOut

As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the utmost of my abilities.

Romeo LeBlanc

DeterminationLoyaltyPeopleWish

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

Roland Barthes

LoveLove IsLanguageToo MuchTry

You can only appreciate freedom when you find yourself in a position to fight for someone else's freedom and not worry about your own.

Ruby Dee

FreedomYourselfFightAppreciate

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

Mary Daly

PowerCourageRevolutionKey

I am a kamikaze gadfly.

Mo Rocca

I AmAm

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