My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director.

...it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it.

I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University.

The main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specialization

Competition is a tough weed, not a delicate flower.

There is only one social science and we are its practitioners

If you never miss a plane, you’re spending too much time at the airport.

My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman.

I recall my mother asking in about 1946 what I was and I replied proudly that I was a professor. A decade later she repeated her question and I repeated my answer. "No promotion?" was her comment.

Theories are not rejected by cirsumstantial evidence: it takes a theory to beat a theory.

It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation.

What can I say? I prefer to die well informed.

Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment.

I've always been a big fan of time travel, and I'm very into the notion that some day we'll be able to do it. Beam me up!

I never killed anyone with my tuba.

...A man is not required to run faster than he is able but it is a requirement to run.

We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.

Before I let myself question my loyalty to my people, I'm quitting music. I didn't do this to be by myself.

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.

There are hearts to gladden... kind words to say... gifts to be given... deeds to be done.