Gary Becker Quotes

Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work?

Gary Becker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1930 - May 3, 2014

Topics

WorkWomenChildrenMenFighting

Let us be tried by our actions.

John N. Mitchell

UsActionsOurTriedLet Us

I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.

Robin Williams

FunnyLoveMotherMeLove MeYou

I can't spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.

Romola Garai

LifeRestMy LifePrettyBeing

Too many in Washington display a ruling class mentality, and congressional term limits would go a long way towards restoring the citizen-legislator ethos of the Founding Fathers.

Ron DeSantis

LimitsLongGoWashingtonClassWay

I don't do any special preparations before recording any number, nothing like deep breathing or meditation.

Mohit Chauhan

DeepMeditationNothingSpecialLike

Jazz is very important. It's not something I can put my finger on. When I'm writing at my favorite time, I like to have the gentle side of Coltrane or Brubeck on the CD player. It creates sort of a spiritual space in which I write best.

Miller Williams

TimeBestSpiritualSpaceWriting

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

Livy

FearMenInfluenceViewResources

More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own.

Jay Leno

ActionWonderCongressKnowNowOut

I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys.

Chaz Bono

SchoolFriendsLikeFeltWere

If I find a cute skirt, I'm not fixated on a brand.

Chrissy Metz

CuteBrandFindSkirtFixated

I love 'Capote.' Huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman; if he's not my all-time favorite actor he's definitely in my top five. I just love him so much.

Chris Pratt

LoveActorTopHimJustFan

I have great fans that come up to me, and they just want me to sign stuff. I have a restaurant in Beverly Hills - Prego - and they come in all the time asking for me to see when I'm going to show up. That doesn't really scare me.

Antonio Sabato, Jr.

GreatTimeMeRestaurantWantSee

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