For economist the real world is often a special case.

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

When you know absolutely nothing about the topic, make your forecast by asking a carefully selected probability sample of 300 others who don't know the answer either.

Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor.

Forecasters tend to learn less and less about more and more, until in the end they know nothing about everything.

Tuition is to studies and training is to job, but the gradation never stops (on Appraisal)

He left his footprints burnt into my heart.

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods and ... you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good but by being bold.

Even now, sometimes on street corners... when I meet someone, I see your shadow. I'm sure that even now, you're still wearing that man's cologne... so you can sleep, even alone.

Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating and boring, and so is having to attend to nonsensical activities.

The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man.

Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.

Being thin is not more important than enjoying life

The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.