?The art of taxation consists of so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing,? said Jean-Baptist Colbert, a 17th century French minister of Finance.
I don?t like listening to the ratings agencies. It?s like talking to someone standing next to the smoking hulk of your house and listening to him tell you that your house burned down,? said Scott Nations of NationShares.
?By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens,? said the ground breaking British economist, John Maynard Keynes.
?We are one budget deal away from being the hot spot of the world. Europe is in the toilet, China?s growth has fallen down, and the Middle East is going backwards. We have a lot of potential for fracking and innovation. If we can prove our nation is governable, we will be the golden spot in the world,? said David Brooks, a conservative columnist for the New York Times.
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back to the crowd," said David Gurwitz, concert pianist and composer.
?Almost all asset markets are bubbles and mispriced,? said Bill Gross of bond giant PIMCO.
?Real Estate is the new gold. It is the gold of 2011,? said Jeffrey Gundlach of Doubleline Capital
?If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people, on a level with dentists, that would be splendid,? said the ground breaking economist, John Maynard Keynes
?If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt,? said Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.?
?Transparency is a good idea. Like my shower door, it lets in the light, but keeps out the flies,? said former Federal Reserve governor, Bob McTeer.
