159 Quotes by Paul Samuelson

Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobiles.

What good does it do a black youth to know that an employer must pay him $2 an hour if the fact that he must be paid that amount is what keeps him from getting a job?

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take 800$ and go to Las Vegas.

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed.