Nature's action is complex: and nothing is gained in the long run by pretending that it is simple.

The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings.

We might as reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by utility or cost of production.

Abandon the illusion of Great Japanism.

-- Tanzan Ishibashi

Economics deals with society's fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen.

-- Ludwig von Mises

If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists.

-- Friedrich Hayek

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

-- Henry George

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

-- Milton Friedman

The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

-- John Maynard Keynes