KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Maurice Allais Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Maurice Allais

Showing 1-10 of 16 Quotes by Maurice Allais

My approach has never been to start from theories to arrive at facts, but on the contrary, to try to bring out from the facts the explanatory thread without which they appear incomprehensible and elude effective action.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I was born May 31, 1911, in Paris. My parents owned a small cheese shop, and my maternal grandfather was a carpentry worker. I thus came from what is commonly known as the working class.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In August 1914, my father was called to war and then taken prisoner. He died in captivity in Germany on March 27, 1915. My youth - indeed, my entire life - was deeply marked by this, directly and indirectly.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I received my high school baccalaureate diploma in Latin and Science in 1928, then my two baccalaureate diplomas in Mathematics and Philosophy in 1929.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Throughout the years following World War II and until the formation of the European Economic Community in 1958, I was very active as a national or international rapporteur at many of the international conferences aiming to establish an European community.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Fascinated by history during my secondary education, then by physics and mechanics at the Ecole Polytechnique, I finally entered the national administration of mines in 1936.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


At the beginning of my career, my desire to understand was associated with a profound desire to act, with the wish to influence opinion and policy; but, over the years, this motivation has come to be of secondary importance, far behind my desire to understand.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


All science is based on models, and every scientific model comprises three distinct stages: statement of well-defined hypotheses; deduction of all the consequences of these hypotheses, and nothing but these consequences; confrontation of these consequences with observed data.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My motivation was an idea of being able to improve the conditions of life, to try to find a remedy to many of the problems facing the world. That's what led me into economics. I saw it as a way of helping people.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I am not a monetarist, and I am not a Keynesian. On certain points I agree with each.

~Maurice Allais

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Economist

Born: May 31st, 1911

Died: October 9th, 2010

Links

Find Maurice Allais on Amazon

Related Authors

Milton Friedman
John Kenneth Galbraith
Alan Greenspan
Friedrich August Von Hayek
John Maynard Keynes
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Adam Smith
Thomas Sowell

Popular Authors

Dale Carnegie Agatha Christie W. C. Fields A. P. J. Abdul Kalam George R. R. Martin Frank Sinatra Kurt Vonnegut Walt Whitman

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1890 - H. P. Lovecraft

1601 - Pierre De Fermat

1833 - Benjamin Harrison

1881 - Edgar Guest

1886 - Paul Tillich

1892 - George Aiken

1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo

1907 - Shirley Booth

1908 - Al Lopez

1917 - Terry Sanford

Birthdays on August 20th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Funny Hope Imagination Mother's Day Parenting Patriotism Romantic Time