Charles Wheelan Quotes

• Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.

  Charles Wheelan

  Successful, People, Interesting

  Charles Wheelan (2012). “10 1⁄2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said”, p.67, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Change is inevitable; but progress depends on what we do with that change.

  Charles Wheelan

  Progress, Inevitable Change, Change Is Inevitable

  Charles Wheelan (2012). “10 1⁄2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said”, p.112, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or trying harder.
  There is an irony here, of course. The less you think about being great, the more likely it is to happen. And if it doesn’t, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being solid.

  Charles Wheelan

  Unique, Thinking, Luck

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• A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.

  Charles Wheelan

  Government, Choices, Democracy

  Charles Wheelan (2010). “Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)”, p.28, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises.

  Charles Wheelan

  Rude, Surprise, Economics

  Charles Wheelan (2010). “Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)”, p.22, W. W. Norton & Company

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