George Reisman Quotes

#1. Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.

George Reisman

#2. Even with the fact that I grew up in North Carolina, 'Jim Rash' just screams 'Southern boy.'

Jim Rash

#3. Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety.

George Reisman

#4. Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

George Reisman

#5. The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.

George Reisman

#6. I bought all the books, but I probably knew on the first day that law school wasn't for me. I didn't give up until about ten days. I don't think I really told my father. I really didn't like my father knowing my things were not successful.

Charles Schwab

#7. There's no such thing as median income; there's a curve, and it really matters what side of the curve you're on. There's no such thing as the middle class. It's absolutely vanishing.

Marc Andreessen

#8. The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a competition in the grabbing off of scarce nature-given supplies, as it is in the animal kingdom. Rather, it is a competition in the positive creation of new and additional wealth.

George Reisman

#9. I know that within you there is an energy of forgiveness that forgives me and sets me free. My words and actions have no power over you. You are free and I am free. All is well between our spirits. Peace is the order of the day.

Michael Bernard Beckwith

#10. Year - I can't even find it in myself to look forward to the next day, let alone three hundred and sixty-five of them.

Jay McLean

#11. Fall, though, is the worst. Few things are worse than fall in New York. Some of the things that live in the lower intestines of rats would disagree, but most of the things that live in the lower intestines of rats are highly disagreeable anyways, so their opinion can and should be discounted.

Douglas Adams

#12. If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.

Thomas Watson Jr.

#13. What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character.

Oscar Isaac

#14. When you're sad and when you're lonely and you haven't got a friend, just remember that death is not the end.

Bob Dylan

#15. I've not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.

Lesley Nicol

#16. Everybody has their favorite character.That's the only way I pick, whatever is going on in society, whatever I think folks will laugh at that's what I come up with.

Jeff Dunham

#17. Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

George W. Bush

#18. The average American of today is intellectually so far removed from his forbears that instead of regarding government with apprehension, he is more likely to regard it as a virtual parent, concerned only with protecting and helping him

George Reisman