Herbert Stein Quotes

• If something cannot go on for ever, it will stop

  Herbert Stein

  Investing, Goes On, Economics

  Herbert Stein (1998). “What I Think: Essays on Economics, Politics, and Life”, p.32, American Enterprise Institute

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• Things that can't go on forever... don't.

  Herbert Stein

  Forever, Goes On

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• If a thing can't go on forever, it will eventually stop.

  Herbert Stein

  Forever, Goes On, Ifs

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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.

  Herbert Stein

  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.

  Herbert Stein

  May, Opinion, Certain

  1979 Washington Bedtime Stories.

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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.

  Herbert Stein

  Mars, Temperature, Sample

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• If something is inevitable, it will happen

  Herbert Stein

  Inevitable, Happens, Ifs

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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.

  Herbert Stein

  Agency, Government, Decision

  1979 Washington Bedtime Stories.

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• Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior.

  Herbert Stein

  Modern Life, Patient, Psychiatrist

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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.

  Herbert Stein

  Believe, Years, Office

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• Trends that can't continue, won't.

  Herbert Stein

  Trends

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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.

  Herbert Stein

  People, Income, Minorities

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