Adam Smith/legacy

Famous quotes containing the words adam smith, adam, smith and/or legacy:

    “Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.”
    —Adam Smith (1723–1790)

    “Thou knowest in the state of innocency Adam fell, and what
    should poor Jack Falstaff do in the days in villainy?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine.”
    —Patti Smith (b. 1946)

    “What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)