Thomas Piketty (1971) French economist
Quoted in Chuck Collins, Nit-Picking Piketty http://inequality.org/nitpicking-piketty/ (2015). <br class="br">At ASSA http://events.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/b6d6725ea1df49c896fc82465f732e9b1d, 01:40:27.
Source: Rush
Thomas Piketty (1971) French economist
Quoted in Chuck Collins, Nit-Picking Piketty http://inequality.org/nitpicking-piketty/ (2015). <br class="br">At ASSA http://events.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/b6d6725ea1df49c896fc82465f732e9b1d, 01:40:27.
“It is better to crush a gland instead of an oak.”
André Gernez (1923–2014) French physician
Il vaut mieux écraser un gland plutôt qu'un chêne.
From La cinécellulaire: extrait des mises au point de la biologie, personal notes (2008)
Gustave de Molinari (1819–1912) Belgian political economist and classical liberal theorist
Source: The Production of Security (1849), p. 22
Susan Wiggs (1958) American writer
Source: The Goodbye Quilt
Sherman Alexie (1966) Native American author and filmmaker
On Alexie’s realization that the school on his reservation offered few educational opportunities in “Sherman Alexie Says He's Been 'Indian Du Jour' For A 'Very Long Day'” http://www.npr.org/2017/06/20/533653471/sherman-alexie-says-hes-been-indian-du-jour-for-a-very-long-day in NPR (2017 Jun 20)
“This is the trouble with all happiness -all of it is built on top of something men want.”
Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters
Source: The Sea of Monsters