Quotes by Herbert Stein - Page 1

Trends that can't continue, won't.
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Things that can't go on forever... don't.
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Forever
Goes On
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If something is inevitable, it will happen
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Happens
Ifs
Inevitable
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If something cannot go on for ever, it will stop
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Economics
Goes On
Investing
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If a thing can't go on forever, it will eventually stop.
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Forever
Goes On
Ifs
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Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior.
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Modern Life
Patient
Psychiatrist
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If you asked a sample of Americans "What is the temperature of Mars?" about 8% would say they don't know.
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Mars
Sample
Temperature
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Economists are very good at saying that something cannot go on forever, but not so good at saying when it will stop.
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Forever
Goes On
Very Good
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Whatever may be the distribution of uncertainty among economists, the public only gets to hear from those who have certain opinions.
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Certain
May
Opinion
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Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency.
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Government
Agency
Decision
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For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have elected office seekers who would not balance it. The public cares about deficits, but doesn't care much.
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Believe
Office
Years
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[The Democrats] will say that the Reagan administrtion has given benefits to the rich at the expense of the poor - a term that they define broadly to include middle-income people, women, minorities, the aged, the young, farmers, steelworkers, and others.
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Income
Minorities
People
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