People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be. The first book in the field… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The masters thought they were loved until one day one of their favorites farted loudly while serving dinner and the next day… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Increasingly in recent times we have come first to identify the remedy that is most agreeable, most convenient, most in accord with… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous.” — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplification… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
