Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.

- Charles Wheelan

Change is inevitable; but progress depends on what we do with that change.

- Charles Wheelan

Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises.

- Charles Wheelan

Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or …

- Charles Wheelan

A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.

- Charles Wheelan