Andrew Davis > Andrew's Quotes

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith

“One of the keys to cultivating grit is making the task at hand more interesting and motivating.”
― Adam M. Grant, Give and Take: From the author of million-copy bestseller THINK AGAIN

“The value added by an activity is the difference in the price that an economically rational buyer would pay for a work product before, and after, the activity is performed. The customer is one judge of economic value, but never the sole judge.”
― Donald G. Reinertsen, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

“A major intent is to show that underlying the extraordinary complexity, diversity, and apparent messiness of the world we live in lies a surprising unity and simplicity when viewed through the lens of scale.”
― Geoffrey West, Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies