...the number of saintly men has not yet risen to the level where the census makes them a separate statistical category.

...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.

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.

Let's always try to paint the truth ... our art must be made to mean something.

If a man is experiencing many trials, God often gives him a vision through dreams to strengthen his spirit

Activism has been very productive in our society.

Those who believe they can move mountains, do!

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there's millions of recipes out there to be had.

I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.

There are a lot of people who say, 'Yeah yeah, I'm a feminist,' and they're not, actually. I wouldn't want to throw that word around, because it's a very strong thing.

... no compelling data to support its anachronistic social Darwinism.