Best John Kenneth Galbraith Words
- According to the experience of all but the most accomplished jugglers, it is easier to keep one ball in the air than many. Accomplished
- Economists, on the whole, think well of what they do themselves and much less well of what their professional colleagues do. Colleagues
- Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego. Any
- The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products. Capital
- Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed. In the absence of new developments, old ones may seem very… Absence
- Financial operations do not lend themselves to innovation. What is recurrently so described and celebrated is, without exception, a small variation on an established design… Celebrated
- In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less. Affluent
- I have never understood why one's affections must be confined, as once with women, to a single country. Affection
- If a man didn't make sense, the Scotch felt it was misplaced politeness to try to keep him from knowing it. Better that he be… Aware
- If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves. All
- The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women. Country
- Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone… Bad
- Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to satisfy… Admirable
- Much discussion of money involves a heavy overlay of priestly incantation. Discussion
- Much of the world's work, it has been said, is done by men who do not feel quite well. Marx is a case in point. Been
- In 1929 the discovery of the wonders of the geometric series struck Wall Street with a force comparable to the invention of the wheel. Comparable
- Even the word depression itself was the terminological product of an effort to soften the connotation of deep trouble. In the last century, the term… Acquired
- Ideas do not respect national frontiers, and this is especially so where language and other traditions are in common. Common
- It is in the long run that the corporation lives. Corporation
- Very important functions can be performed very wastefully and often are. Function
- Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings. Average
- In the assumption that power belongs as a matter of course to capital, all economists are Marxians. All
- It is not the individual's right to buy that is being protected. Rather, it is the seller's right to manage the individual. Buy
- The American colonies, all know, were greatly opposed to taxation without representation. They were also, a less celebrated quality, equally opposed to taxation with representation. All
- Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a… Bastards
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