Timothy Noah Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases.”

“Voters care only that student loans remain freely available and that they cost taxpayers as little as possible.”

“We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much.”

“What is the engine that drives economic growth in an ideopolis? The university.”

“What people want is big government that they don't have to pay for.”

“Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.”

“With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion.”

“You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome.”

“I won't dispute that bankers' privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably would have been a worldwide depression.”

“The intriguing aspect of food charges on airlines is that they create the perfect laboratory for any economist who wishes to study the question of how to price a good that possesses, by universal consensus, absolutely no objective value.”