Vernon L. Smith quotes

“After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.”
-- Vernon L. Smith

Source : Vernon L. Smith (2008). “Discovery - A Memoir”, p.126, AuthorHouse

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“I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.”
-- Vernon L. Smith

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“After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.”
-- Vernon L. Smith

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“I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.”
-- Vernon L. Smith

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“Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.”
-- Vernon L. Smith

Source : Vernon L. Smith (2008). “Discovery - A Memoir”, p.123, AuthorHouse

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“Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness.”
-- Vernon L. Smith

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“Hayek, in my view, is the leading economic thinker of the 20th century.”
-- Vernon L. Smith

Source : "Reflections on Human Action after 50 years". Cato Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1999.

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“In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian.”

“Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.”

Source : Arthur Erickson's Address to the Institute of Canadian Bankers, www.arthurerickson.com. October 16, 1972.

“I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so we could avoid tackling each other on the street. But running on the street and trying not to get taken down on the concrete, that will make you fast, that's for sure.”

Source : "Barry Sanders: "Mr. 99"". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.espn.com. July 31, 2009.

“First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.”

Source : "My Chicago: Bill Kurtis On Wrigley, City Violence & Beef". Interview with Erin Chan Ding, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 01, 2011.

“My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.”

“I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.”

“In England "The Day After," though unpopular with viewers, seems to have confirmed the average Englishman's mindless prejudice against Kansas. Shortly after the film portrayed that state being turned into an overused barbecue pit by nuclear weapons, support for British nuclear weapons rose a full percentage point.”

“He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices.”

“Most hackers graduate from Unix and Linux platforms. They know them intimately. They don't try to exploit them”

“The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.”