#su

My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director. ↗

— George Stigler

#aroused #cliches #destroyed #director #discussions

That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent. ↗

— George Stigler

#appeal #became #become #economists #even

I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#crystallize #different #economy #environment #granted

If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system? ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#capitalist #clearly #did #efficiency #exist

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#banks #education #focus #go #infrastructure

But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#almost #changed #conquest #continued #countries

I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#i #morning #obsessed #radio #start

I am a big fan of horror movies but I had never thought that I had wanted to act in one because I don't think that actors get to do much in them. They're usually just reacting. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#am #because #big #big fan #fan

There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#better #exciting #get #handful #i

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#career #comedy #doing #found #grew