“Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.”
Hard Heads, Soft Hearts: Tough-Minded Economics for a Just Society (1987)
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“The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.”
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“That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.”
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The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XX - First Principles
“Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine.”
1996 statement to Jack Newfield, as quoted by Newfield in the New York Post (8 June 1999)
“It is the bliss of childhood that we are being warped most when we know it the least.”
Source: The Recognitions
If You Have the Answers, Tell Me http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/business/economy/08view.html?_r=1&, The New York Times, May 7, 2011.
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“In blaming others, fools their folly show,
And most attempt to speak when least they know.”
Book XXVIII, line 7
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“In blaming others, fools their folly show,
And most attempt to speak when least they know.”
Il volgare ignorante ognun riprenda,
E parli più di quel che meno intenda.
Canto XXVIII, stanza 1 (tr. J. Hoole)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
