“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.”

“I began to trust the questions themselves to lead me beyond answers to understanding, beyond practice to faith”

“There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.”

“Continually setting goals and striving to achieve them is what makes life worthwhile!”

“Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.”

“If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?”

“Economics was like psychology, a pseudoscience trying to hide that fact with intense theoretical hyperelaboration. And gross domestic product was one of those unfortunate measurement concepts, like inches or the British thermal unit, that ought to have been retired long before.”