The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catastrophe.
Robert SolowIt is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is not that they will then be nice to you. It is that you will feel better about yourself.
Robert SolowEverything reminds Milton of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but I keep it out of the paper.
Robert SolowThere is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You have to grope your way
Robert Solow