You May Also Like / View all maxioms
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.
Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer read more
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer classes have adopted a certain way of living, producers have an incentive to improve the methods of manufacture so that soon it is possible for the poorer classes to follow suit. Thus luxury furthers progress. Innovation "is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. The luxury today is the necessity of tomorrow." Luxury is the roadmaker of progress: it develops latent needs and makes people discontented. In so far as they think consistently, moralists who condemn luxury must recommend the comparatively desireless existence of the wild life roaming in the woods as the ultimate ideal of civilized life.
Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.
Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.
It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that read more
It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is a challenge to the conceit of those in power.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems.
The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
