Maxioms Pet

X
  •   19  /  24  

    Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  15  /  18  

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to read more

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

  ( comments )
  19  /  20  

Today is a... digital incarnation of Oz - the Internet - we are a motley group of fools from lions read more

Today is a... digital incarnation of Oz - the Internet - we are a motley group of fools from lions to scarecrows, learning from each other, making and taking responsibility for our decisions, and having fun as we skip down the yellow brick road of investing together!

  ( comments )
  31  /  29  

Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to read more

Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends. Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act; it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.

  ( comments )
  12  /  16  

The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.

The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.

  ( comments )
  22  /  19  

For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.

For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.

  ( comments )
  27  /  30  

Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].

Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].

by Bible Found in: Finance and economics Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  19  /  25  

We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in read more

We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal work. Yet in terms of results in the measurable form of jobs created, lives enriched, communities built, living standards raised, and poverty healed, a handful of capitalists has done infinitely more for mankind than all the self-serving politicians, academics, social workers, and religionists who march under the banner of "compassion".

  ( comments )
  16  /  16  

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.

  ( comments )
  13  /  17  

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Maxioms Web Pet