Evan Davis Quotes

Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption.

Evan Davis

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GoodPracticePeopleEconomicsThink

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

John D. Rockefeller

PeopleMy OwnEarnOwnOffWould

Freaky things happen all the time in the world. I suppose everything has to happen for the first time at some point.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

TimeWorldThings HappenFirst Time

We absolutely do some of the best science in the world in Canada, across a broad spectrum of disciplines: quantum computing in Waterloo, paleontology in Alberta, neuroscience at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health in Vancouver, and many more.

Robert J. Sawyer

ScienceHealthBestBrainWorld

You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life.

Maurice Sendak

LifeMeBelieveYouKnowShe

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Jean Giraudoux

LiveWarNewAirEveryoneElement

I'm not going to sugarcoat myself. For what?

Metta World Peace

MyselfGoing

After a training camp workout, my body is eager to replace nutrients and energy that are lost during the workout. It's best to have a quick bite about 30 minutes after practice. I like to have yogurt and granola, the combination of carbs and protein helps me recover after a long and tiring workout.

Troy Polamalu

BestTrainingPracticeMeEnergy

I'm like a dude. Jordans are my favorite. I wear them all the time for shows. I can get girly-girly when I want to, but I can't perform in heels. I would bust my face open on stage, and we don't want that.

Rita Ora

TimeFaceI CanWantOpenStage

I knocked a lot of guys out from the seventh round on - so if I gave up, I would never have achieved what I did. There was no giving up. It's weak to give up. The easiest thing in the world is to quit.

Micky Ward

WorldGivingGiving UpQuitNever

'Lord of the Rings' was my jam. I was so depressed when I realized that I couldn't live in Middle-earth. And I was so sad when I was eleven and didn't get a letter from Hogwarts saying that I was going to be a wizard!

Lucas Till

LiveSadSayingLordRingsGoing

On A Beautiful Mind, there was a wall of math.

Josh Lucas

BeautifulMindWallMath

The studios are very much business. Maybe it was always that way. It is really commercial now. Judgments are made and directions are given to make the cash register ring.

Dianne Wiest

BusinessNowRingWayAlwaysCash

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