Top 10 Lionel Robbins Quotes
#1. The essence of a religious approach to the world, it seems to me, is to be found, not in the imposition of theological dogma, but in the recognition of what is actually there.
John Barton
#2. Hume develops his arguments by a series of models. He doesn't call them models in the pretentious way in which we envelope, very often, pure banalities in this jargon
Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
#3. If you know what you want, you use Google. But if you don't know what you want, and you want to be surprised and find something you didn't expect, we want you come to StumbleUpon. Really, that idea of being a discovery engine versus a search engine.
Garrett Camp
#4. I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general
Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
#6. Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.
Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
#7. He says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift.
Lauren DeStefano
#8. The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.
Andy Rooney
#9. In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.
Ridley Scott
#10. Economics brings into view that conflict of choice is one of the permanent characteristics of human existence.
Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
