Tyler Cowen Quotes

If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your skills do not complement the computer, you may want to address that mismatch. Ever more people are starting to fall on one side of the divide or the other. That's why 'average is over.'

Tyler Cowen

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PeopleYouFallLaborSkillsWant

A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen.

Jill Clayburgh

LifeWomanMeTearsFaceYou

It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.

Robert Smith

DepressionEasyExistenceSlide

Labor force participation peaked in early 2000, so its decline began well before the Great Recession. A portion of that decline clearly relates to the aging of the baby boom generation. But the pace of decline accelerated with the recession.

Janet Yellen

GreatAgingBabyGenerationEarly

Everything in life is luck.

Donald Trump

LifeLuckEverything

Likewise today, some Christians are content to merely exist until they die. They don't want to risk anything, to believe God, to grow or mature. They refuse to believe his Word, and have become hardened in their unbelief. Now they're living just to die.

David Wilkerson

GodTodayBelieveGrowDieLiving

I think design means, for me, almost when man, back in time, decided to do something conscious. You know... to shape something and make something different from just using things that were lying around. So whoever designed the wheel were onto a good thing.

Cornelia Parker

GoodTimeManMeThinkDesign

I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your home. And certainly, seeing them get into bad situations and then watching them have to get themselves out, that's always super satisfying.

Courtney A. Kemp

HomePeopleThinkYouSeeingBad

For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says 'no,' but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera.

Philippe Petit

MoneyMePlanFindGrand Canyon

My problem is never ideas. I've got more than I'll ever have time to write. It's all about how many I can get to, and which ones readers want to see the most.

Rick Riordan

TimeIdeasProblemI CanWantNever

My father married out of the family. I also married outside the family.

Leila Aboulela

FamilyFatherOutsideOutMarried

I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will.

Kid Rock

LoveMyselfI CanProveWillAgain

I'm a pasta girl, and I like dishes that are easy, one-pot dishes that are really quick.

Gina Neely

GirlEasyPastaQuickLikeDishes

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