Quotes by Alan Greenspan

Alan Greenspan

American economist

Alive from: 1926-

Category: Economists and businessmen

Quotes 16 till 21 of 21.

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  Since becoming a central banker, I have learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
  Source: Senaats committee in 1987

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  The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.
  Source: The Age of Turbulence (2008) p. 17

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  The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.

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  To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

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  We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real.

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  Whatever you tax, you get less of.