Thomas Sargent Famous Quotes & Sayings
26 Thomas Sargent Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
Lucas attended a conference on rational expectations at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1973. The day after the conference, I received a call from Pittsburgh. — Thomas J. Sargent
More Pictures »
'Barney Miller' was a lot of fun. I'm very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most - a lot of people on that cast - I really liked. — James Cromwell
More Pictures »
In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water.' — Thomas J. Sargent
More Pictures »
I wasn't the brightest kid, not by a long shot. I was interested in football, in girls, in getting my work done with the least amount of effort. — Thomas J. Sargent
More Pictures »
I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist. — Thomas J. Sargent
More Pictures »
The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it. — Thomas J. Sargent
More Pictures »
So, what counts is that you think this is the best choice.Once you've decided that, you should chase it down with everything you've got. — Maki Murakami
More Pictures »
I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense. — Daniel H. Pink
More Pictures »
What I really don't like is oversimplification. — Thomas J. Sargent
Somebody said that I'm a bit like a sponge, grabbing things here and there, soaking stuff up. [As a director] you have to be, really. — Adrian Lyne
More Pictures »
To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds them. — Ben Shahn
More Pictures »
Unification of differences is power. — Shesh Nath Vernwal
Religion is not something separate and apart from ordinary life. It is life - life of every kind viewed from the standpoint of meaning and purpose: life lived in the fuller awareness of its human quality and spiritual significance. — A. Powell Davies
In a fit of sudden rage, Gary stripped the book from Chiang-gong's grasp, clutched it with a white-knuckled, vicelike grip, groaning, and then threw it out the door of the house where it hit the car and dropped to the ground, the pages fluttering in the wind. Quietly, Chiang-gong walked outside and picked it up. He stared down the street and he shielded his eyes, squinting at something in the distance. Then he turned to the others in the house and shouted, "Soldier, they coming! — B.C. Chase
I was a class clown since second grade. — Eric Andre
You can't grow if you're going to say: 'The contributions of my predecessors are greater than anything I can ever achieve.' Each generation has to have a chance to find itself. — Christian Scott
Keynes was a very good economist. He was brilliant. He had wonderful insights. His work has inspired me many times. — Thomas J. Sargent
I smoke on the mic like Smokin' Joe Frazier,The hell raiser, raisin' hell with the flavor. — Inspectah Deck
Things don't matter, people do — Rosie Thomas
When I was a graduate student, estimating and interpreting distributed lags topped the agenda of macroeconomists and other applied economists. — Thomas J. Sargent
The tools of science and technology amplified the effects of the madness of the egoic mind. So the survival of the planet began to be threatened, and with it the survival of humanity. — Eckhart Tolle
The dead hold in their hands only what they have given away. — Carl Sandburg
Economics is organized common sense. — Thomas Sargent
There was a danger that skeptics and opponents would misread those likelihood ratio tests as rejections of an entire class of models, which of course they were not. — Thomas J. Sargent
MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL. — Janet Jackson
I'm happy to say I am a Harrison-Kreps-Keynesian. — Thomas J. Sargent