无论是正确的还是错误的,经济学家和政治哲学家的思想都比通常理解的有力。确实,世界不受其他任何事物统治。自信不被知识分子影响的那些所谓务实的人,往往只是几个过时经济学家思想的奴隶。(Concluding Notes. p. 383-384)
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.
【译文】如果不明事理,那么动就不知道往哪里去;如果不动,那么即使明白事理也没有用处。
材料本身并不重要,重要的是你如何使用它们。
The fundamental job of a kid is to be selfish—to pursue their own needs and desires—and the fundamental job of a parent is to be selfless.
想象世界末日比想象资本主义的终结更容易。