Herbert Stein quotes

Herbert Stein quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If something cannot go on for ever, it will stop”
-- Herbert Stein

Source : Herbert Stein (1998). “What I Think: Essays on Economics, Politics, and Life”, p.32, American Enterprise Institute

#Goes On Quotes #Economics Quotes
“Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency.”
-- Herbert Stein

Source : 1979 Washington Bedtime Stories.

#Agency Quotes #Government Quotes #Decision Quotes
“Trends that can't continue, won't.”
-- Herbert Stein

#Trends Quotes
“Economists are very good at saying that something cannot go on forever, but not so good at saying when it will stop.”
-- Herbert Stein

#Forever Quotes #Goes On Quotes #Very Good Quotes
“Whatever may be the distribution of uncertainty among economists, the public only gets to hear from those who have certain opinions.”
-- Herbert Stein

Source : 1979 Washington Bedtime Stories.

#May Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Certain Quotes
“Things that can't go on forever... don't.”
-- Herbert Stein

#Forever Quotes #Goes On Quotes
“[The Democrats] will say that the Reagan administrtion has given benefits to the rich at the expense of the poor - a term that they define broadly to include middle-income people, women, minorities, the aged, the young, farmers, steelworkers, and others.”
-- Herbert Stein

#People Quotes #Income Quotes #Minorities Quotes
“For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have elected office seekers who would not balance it. The public cares about deficits, but doesn't care much.”
-- Herbert Stein

#Believe Quotes #Years Quotes #Office Quotes
“Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior.”
-- Herbert Stein

#Modern Life Quotes #Patient Quotes #Modern Quotes
“If a thing can't go on forever, it will eventually stop.”
-- Herbert Stein

#Forever Quotes #Goes On Quotes #Ifs Quotes
“If you asked a sample of Americans "What is the temperature of Mars?" about 8% would say they don't know.”
-- Herbert Stein

#Mars Quotes #Temperature Quotes #Sample Quotes
“If something is inevitable, it will happen”
-- Herbert Stein

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