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Thomas J. Sargent Quotes

Keynes was a very good economist. He was brilliant. He had wonderful insights. His work has inspired me many times.

Thomas J. Sargent

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 19, 1943

Topics

Work Good Me Brilliant Wonderful He

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.

People Some People Always Next Away

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

John N. Mitchell

Tree You Back Cherries Your Pick

I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer.

Music Musicians You Never First

Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.

Hands You Stone First Him Without

When I visited Africa to make my film 'Music by Prudence,' I was struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Africans were. There was literally a church on every corner.

Roger Ross Williams

Music Church Africa Conservative How

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

Jazz More Seems Sense Mathematical

One of the greatest investments of our lifetime has been New York City real estate, and investors made the highest returns when they bought stuff during the 1970s and 1980s when people were getting mugged. The lesson is that you make the most money when you buy stuff that's out of consensus.

Money New York People Real Estate

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

Douglas Hofstadter

Soul Evil More Out Ants Little

Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area.

Music Doing Kind Whatever Going

I grew up with a single mom, two brothers, and a sister, and after school, we would play outside then go home for dinner and play videogames together. It's something I enjoy doing, and it's also cheap entertainment compared to a movie or paying for cable. You pay $50 one time for a game, and you can play it as many times as you want.

Demetrious Johnson

Home Time Together School Mom Game

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

Collin C. Peterson

Country Become Rural Our Use

I'm a businessman, a company man, but I'm no 'yes' man.

Man Company Yes Businessman

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