The best Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek

The best Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek

Friedrich August von Hayek (8 May 1899 – 23 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian-British economist and political philosopher who made contributions to economics, political philosophy, psychology, intellectual history, and other fields.

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

Failures & Mistakes Learning

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.

It may seem harsh, but it is probably in the interest of all that under a free system those with full earning capacity should often be rapidly cured of a temporary and not dangerous disablement at the expense of some neglect of the aged and mortally ill.

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They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Vienna - which is kinda the same.

But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.

Benedict Wells

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Failures & Mistakes Breakup Beginning

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Failures & Mistakes Intelligence

It's just that... I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.

Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

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Life Failures & Mistakes Beginning Scars

Once you have accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

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Failures & Mistakes Self-Confidence

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

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Failures & Mistakes Ambition Basketball

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Annette Funicello

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Life Failures & Mistakes Perfection

You can never make the same mistake twice. Because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, it's a choise.

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Failures & Mistakes Decisions

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Albert Einstein

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Learning Education

Never memorize what you can look up in books.

Albert Einstein

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I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

Albert Einstein

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Learning Education School

There's a benefit about losing: you get to learn from your mistakes.

Megamind in Megamind

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Experience Failures & Mistakes Learning

Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Oscar Wilde

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Learning Education

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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Life Experience Learning School

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Albert Einstein

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Learning Education Intelligence

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

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