Julian Lincoln Simon Quotes

The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much as, or more than, hands or mouths.

As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

Education equals economic growth.

It gave a tremendous level of self-confidence, that through exploration and learning one could understand seemingly very complex things in one's environment.

I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.

... there are no chains so galling as the chains of ignorance--no fetters so binding as those that bind the soul, and exclude it from the vast field of useful and scientific knowledge. O, had I received the advantages of early education, my ideas would, ere now, have expanded far and wide; but, alas! I possess nothing but moral capability--no teachings but the teachings of the Holy Spirit.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

A pupil is a great resource.

In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain power.

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

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

The strength of a nation is its knowledge.

The use of muscle is only good for running marathons these days. What workers need is a trained mind. Education is the most important thing that needs to be accomplished.

Education is economic development.

Education is the foundation of social progress and economic development.

If Russia is to be a great power, it will be, not because of its nuclear potential, faith in God or its president, or Western investment, but thanks to the labor of the nation, faith in knowledge and science and the maintenance and development of scientific potential and education.

The savage and women are not what we call intellectual because they are not taught to know and manipulate the materials of knowledge.

You cannot be pro business unless you are pro education.

If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

Some people still think knowledge is power.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight real-estate market alow you to put there.

Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.