Quotes, Aphorisms, Laws, and Thoughts

Economics

A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.
Anonymous

Among economists, the real world is often a special case.
Anonymous

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)

Astrology was invented so that Economics could become a science.
Anonymous

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)

Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; communism is the equal distribution of poverty.
Anonymous

Drive-in banks were established so that cars could see their real owners.
E. Joseph Cossman (1918-2002)

Economics exams set the same questions year after year, it's the answers that change.
Anonymous

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they wouldn't reach a conclusion.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere.
Anonymous

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.
Anonymous

Mathematics has given economics rigour, but alas, also mortis.
Robert Heilbroner (1919-2005)

Never serve oysters during a month that has no paycheck in it.
P.J. O'Rourke (1947- )

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Robin Hood only robbed the rich because the poor had no money.
Anonymous

Taxation without representation was probably cheaper.
Anonymous

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

There are three dimensions to credit cards: length, width and debt.
Anonymous

There are three types of economist: those who can count, and those who cannot.
Anonymous

There is no free lunch.
Milton Friedman (1912-2006)

To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable.
Edgar Bronfman (1929-2013)