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George Stigler Quotes

Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price.

George Stigler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 17, 1911 - December 1, 1991

Topics

Price Said Chicago Single Existence

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

Jeffrey Wright

Culture Dirty Always Pop Culture Fan

Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys.

Max von Sydow

People American Bad Immigrants Nice

I'm not going to say that I'm some musical genius, but I've always loved music.

Alyson Stoner

Music Loved Genius Say Always Going

You say to a brick, 'What do you want, brick?' And brick says to you, 'I like an arch.' And you say to brick, 'Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.' And then you say: 'What do you think of that, brick?' Brick says: 'I like an arch.'

Louis Kahn

Think You Look Brick I Can Want

What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?

Logan Pearsall Smith

People You Young Say More They Say

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

Lisa Loeb

Good Me Mom Better Person Better

I don't think poetry has a readership anywhere, really, that's that big.

Derek Walcott

Poetry Think Big Anywhere Really

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

Demosthenes

Men Wise Sound Foolish Vessel Known

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.

Claude Bernard

Man Learn Unknown Nothing Going

I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock.

Brad Paisley

Music People Surprise Blues Rock

When the St. Louis Cardinals arrived in Arizona as the Phoenix Cardinals, I became a fan and still am today.

Peter Billingsley

Today Phoenix St. Louis Arizona Fan

The West needs leaders with the courage and the will to fight the scourge of radical Islam.

Pete Hoekstra

Courage Fight Islam Will West Needs