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

Economics is the study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.

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.

Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.

-- Victor Hugo

I shall run wild for six months to a year, but I have utterly no confidence for the second and third years.

-- Isoroku Yamamoto

Do not give things to children; give them hardship.

-- Nogi Maresuke

Let those who will, write the nation's laws, if I can write its textbooks.

-- Paul Samuelson

I don't care who writes a nation's laws, or crafts its advanced treaties, if I can write its economics textbooks.

-- Paul Samuelson

Heaven does not create one person above or below another.

-- Fukuzawa Yukichi