7 Quotes by Robert Skidelsky

If only one person were perfectly informed there could never be a general crisis. But the only perfectly informed person is God, and he does not play the stock market.

...You haven't I suppose ever mixed with politicians at close quarters. They're awful...their stupidity is inhuman.

The 'rise' of China has suddenly become the all-absorbing topic for those professionally concerned with the future of the planet,

As long as the oil market remains buoyant, as it does for other commodities, then the Russian economy will prosper. The consumption boom is growing on the back of the wealth being produced by commodity growth.

I'm not sure they've got the drive or technical skill to make the best use of the oil money. It's always a difficult initiative in easy times to prepare for difficult times ahead.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. Epicurus.

It is not just that we want more but that we want more than others, who at the same time want more than us; this fuels an endless race.