David Landes quotes
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“In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are wrong they are positive, and that is the way of achievement, correction, improvement, and success. Educated, eye-open optimism pays.”
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“If the gains from trade in commodities are substantial, they are small compared to trade in ideas”
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“It is the process of evolution which identifies innovative benefits from any source and selects them on merit without prejudice”
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“Scepticism and refusal of authority is at the heart of scientific endeavour. Scientific knowledge dictates economic possibilities”
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“If we learn anything from the history of economic development, it is that culture makes all the difference.”
-- David LandesSource : "Why The West Is Best" by Jamie Glazov, www.frontpagemag.com. December 15, 2011.
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“Educated, eyes-open optimism pays; pessimism can only offer the empty consolation of being right.”
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“This world is divided roughly into three kinds of nations: those that spend lots of money to keep their weight down; those whose people eat to live; and those whose people don't know where their next meal is coming from.”
-- David Landes
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Source : Source: www.etonline.com
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“Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.”
Source : Abigail Reynolds (2010). “Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist”, p.27, Sourcebooks, Inc.
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“False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.”
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