Hirschman Quotes

#1. My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman.

Amber Tamblyn

#2. I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.

Carine Roitfeld

#3. In real-life situations, however, risks frequently increase without any corresponding increase in the payoff:

Albert O. Hirschman

#4. Nor can wage labour exist unless hired by capital.

Anonymous

#5. I have actually five honorary degrees.

Katherine Dunham

#6. In the history of the concept of number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now ... number seems to be more like a verb (to triple).

Barry Mazur

#7. in certain societies there is a systematic underestimate of one's own creativity

Albert O. Hirschman

#8. He could take on anything and everything, it seemed, rather than leave himself time to reflect on his dissatisfaction with his life and what he might do about it.

Claire Tomalin

#9. Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.

Bell Hooks

#10. If you have a dream, you have a responsibility to yourself and to us to make it come true. That's the most important thing in your life. Don't let anything stand in its way.

Kenneth Atchity

#11. To be acceptable, it seems, a project must often be billed as a pure replica of a successful venture in an advanced country.

Albert O. Hirschman

#12. Social hierarchy doesn't hold a candle to the power of feeling isolated in your own skin.

Elyse Draper

#13. You run?"
"Yup. I have a love affair going on with food

Toni Aleo

#14. History is nothing if not far-fetched.

Albert O. Hirschman