A Quote by Milton Friedman

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Milton Friedman

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Money Free Free Lunch Lunch Thing

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Milton Friedman
American - Economist
July 31, 1912 - November 16, 2006

There's no such thing as a free lunch, unless you have a coupon for a free lunch...or someone gives you a lunch...never mind.

John Adams

It is said that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch.

Stephen Hawking

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Robert A. Heinlein

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Barry Commoner

Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.

Robert Bateman

Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

Joan D. Vinge

There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

Joan D. Vinge

In the financial world it tends to be misleading to state, "There is no free lunch." Rather the more meaningful comment is, "Somebody has to pay for lunch."

Martin J. Whitman

My father always said 'There's no free lunch.' My father was right. There's no free lunch and there's no free market. The market is rigged, the market is always rigged, and the rigging is in favour of the people who run the market. That's what the market is. It's a bent casino. The house always wins.

David Hare

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.

Robert A. Heinlein

Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however, determine who pays for lunch. And last week the Senate handed the bill to the wrong party... the poor and middle class.

Warren Buffett

Rightly or wrongly, most Americans look at mortgage equity withdrawal as the closest thing to a free lunch.

Paul McCulley

'There are no easy pickings.' That would be a more accurate, less dramatic statement than 'There's no such thing as a free lunch.'

Paul Samuelson

A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.

Tom Peters

Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch.