People today don't become economists to make the world a better place.
Tim Harford
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.
Daniel Kahneman
If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
Peter Lynch
When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.
Herbert V. Prochnow
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
George Bernard Shaw
The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
Nate Silver
Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
Margaret Thatcher
Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.
James Buchan