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Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

Friedrich August von Hayek

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: austrian
Birth: May 8, 1899 - March 23, 1992

Topics

History Think Say Gain Inflation

It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope.

Robert Hughes

Gossip Dope Inside Vatican

Old friends are best.

John Selden

Best Old Friends Friends Old

I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself.

Michael Cunningham

Feel Way Need Over Years Seem

It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.

Amelia Barr

Women Men Tears Know Smiles Little

For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us.

Stevie Nicks

Friends America You Know Forget Now

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician.

Tony Williams

Me Accomplishment Think Feel Ladder

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.

Tony Blair

Live Children War Generation First

The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

Robert Capa

Life War Horse Hands Back Own

As a poet, Will Rogers just had this natural conversational style.

Rodney Crowell

Style Will Poet Natural Just Had

This is a global economy. If you're not at the bargaining table, if you don't get an agreement, someone else does.

Mike Quigley

Someone You Table Economy Agreement

The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches.

Michel Patini

History Competition Team Single Only

It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles.

Michael Leunig

Words You Way Get Terrible Like