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Edmund Phelps Quotes

I've lived to see key parts of my research absorbed in textbooks and in central banks around the world. And some finance ministries, too.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 26, 1933

Topics

Finance Research World Key See Some

Valvoline's decision to invest in our community sends a message around the world that Lexington is a great place to do business.

Business Community Great Decision

I think that the world has largely ignored Belize and the political situation and the plight of its people because it's one of the smallest countries and, in terms of the world economy, one of the least significant.

People World Think Political Economy

Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.

Me Wrinkles Long Earn Please Them

My favorite animal on the Galapagos is the Galapagos Marine Iguana. The first rule of iguana-dom is that iguanas hate the water, yet somehow, these poor iguanas landed there and had to figure it out.

Michael Bastian

Water Hate Animal Poor First Out

I know for a fact if I were a white English fighter, maybe I would have been a superstar in Britain - and the world.

World White Know Fighter English

Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good for their confidence.

Good Confidence Think Master High

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

Coffee Best World Stand Boots Table

I was basically a dork that hit the books and liked to build things and did all of the things that you weren't supposed to do to be popular. But somehow I ended up onstage, playing guitar in front of everybody else.

Guitar You Build Up Things Playing

I'm convinced that the main reason we've become so obsessed with restaurants is due to our basic need to get out of virtual space and into a real one. We're not going out to eat merely to share food; we're there to sit at the same table together, slow down, breathe the same air.

Food Together Space Slow Table Down

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

Challenge People Me Wrong Say Want

When you say 'failure,' that seems really dramatic, but a lot of failure is just really depressing and mundane. I remember the first time I ever played a concert in Italy. I played a venue that held 900 people, and I think five people showed up. It wasn't a big, 'John Carter of Mars' type failure. It wasn't dramatic; it was just depressing.

Failure Time People Think Remember

I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'

Jason Priestley

Best Smart Comedy Bathroom Try

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