Vernon L. Smith quotes
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“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. SmithSource : 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.”
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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.”
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“I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.”
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“Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.”
-- Vernon L. SmithSource : 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.”
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“Hayek, in my view, is the leading economic thinker of the 20th century.”
-- Vernon L. SmithSource : "Reflections on Human Action after 50 years". Cato Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1999.
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“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.
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Source : "Barry Sanders: "Mr. 99"". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.espn.com. July 31, 2009.
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Source : "My Chicago: Bill Kurtis On Wrigley, City Violence & Beef". Interview with Erin Chan Ding, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 01, 2011.
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“He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices.”
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