If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale

John Kenneth Galbraith
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  2. My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness. - Unknown

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  4. He stood up straight and looked the world squarely in the fields and hills. To add weight to his words he stuck the rabbit bone in his hair. He spread his arm out wide. "I will go mad! " he annouced. - Douglas Adams

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  2. Good writing, and this is especially important in a subject such as economics, must also involve the reader in the matter at hand. It is not enough to explain. The images that are in the mind of the writer must be made to reappear in...

  3. None of this excuses anyone from mastering the basic ideas and terminology of economics. The intelligent layman must expect also to encounter good economists who are difficult writers even though some of the best have been very good writers. He should know, moreover, that at...

  4. One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.

  5. I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.

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