Leonid Hurwicz Quotes

A game is defined by the players' strategy domains and payoff functions.

Leonid Hurwicz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: August 21, 1917 - June 24, 2008

Topics

GameStrategyPlayersPayoffDefined

I just figure if it has my name on it, and I want to make people feel good about wearing it, I can't pass it off.

Melissa McCarthy

GoodPeopleFeel GoodNameFeelOff

You will never catch me in a dress without a pair of Spanx and a bra.

Megyn Kelly

DressMeYouWillNeverWithout

I think many people go to business school and learn ways to play it safe, ensuring that they avoid some of the pain that entrepreneurs endure while taking less calculated risks.

Sophia Amoruso

BusinessPainSchoolRisksPeople

You can always learn when you lose.

Stan Wawrinka

LearnYouLoseAlways

I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies.

Tommy Kirk

GayWillNeverAshamedBeingBeen

Marriage is becoming sort of fake. It's almost like a handbag. Everybody wants the newest, greatest and latest. It becomes an event, and it's definitely a status symbol in our society. I'm not saying it shouldn't be; it absolutely should be - but you shouldn't be focusing on that.

Rob Lowe

MarriageSocietySayingFakeYou

Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

PeopleFightingAmericaMovement

A judge is not a god or a king. He has the last word most of the time, but sometimes, one makes mistakes.

Joseph Wapner

GodTimeMistakesKingJudgeLast

You can read books on stuff all day long, but until you get out there and just do it, if you want to start playing, and you want to make some music, then go out and play. Go find yourself a venue and play, even if it's in your home. Just play every day. You win the fight by fighting.

Christian Kane

HomeMusicDayYourselfFightWin

I loathe cheese, it makes me ill.

Colin Baker

MeCheeseIllMakesLoathe

A lot of my books have started with an abstract premise.

Colson Whitehead

AbstractStartedBooksLotPremise

I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.

Brion James

CharacterBadWantActorLeadTake

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