(63 quotes found)
“If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Teach a parrot the terms "supply and demand" and you've got an economist.”
Thomas Carlyle
“It's easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.”
Frederick W. Taylor
“An economist is a man that can tell you . . . what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's too.”
Will Rogers
“[Even with the changes in the market, many economists remain optimistic that the housing market is not a bubble waiting to burst.] We may see a flattening of the increase, but not much of a drop, ... The fundamentals remain strong: Employment is robust, and interest rates remain low.”
Bob Walters
“[However, the economist added that he wasn't surprised that companies such as Novell and Palm would give input to the states.] That's inevitable, ... The mere involvement of a competitor is not a problem to me.”
Carl Shapiro
“If you talk to a top economist, a top lawyer, a doctor who's at the top of [his] field, they all communicate with clarity,”
Alan Siegel
“Economists have to worry that if consumer sentiment remains depressed, spending could follow that down and you could have a much weaker outcome (in terms of economic growth.”
Cary Leahey
“[The Economist wrote,] Then there is Lewis and Clark, always a trump card in Montana. ... 'almost a slap in the face' for this year's bicentennial celebration.”
Bob Clark
“[Analysts and economists remained uncertain whether Greenspan's latest comments would do more than puzzle investors.] He's treading on very thin ice, ... When the Fed chairman says that the stock market is very expensive, the average investors is not going to be pleased.”
Charles Lieberman
