All John Maynard Keynes Quotes
- A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional… Alas
- Speculators may do no harm as bubbles on a steady stream of enterprise. But the position is serious when enterprise becomes a bubble on a… Activities
- Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated. Inspirational
- It is a mistake to think that one limits one’s risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no… Confidence
- I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes…I would go much further than that. I… Accept
- Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed. Apparent
- It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still. Contemplate
- The power to become habituated to his surroundings and therefore to no longer be grateful for what is good in it is a marked characteristic… Become Habituated
- What an extraordinary episode in the economic progress of man was that age which came to an end in August 1914. Age
- We will not have any more crashes in our time. Any
- Newton was not the first of the age of reason, he was the last of the magicians. Age
- When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals. Accumulation
- The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity. Disgusting
- Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal. Conservatism
- If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to… Afternoon
- I am trying to re-shape and improve my central position. Central
- The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world. Chaos
- The time has already come when each country needs a considered national policy about what size of population, whether larger or smaller than at present… Already Come
- Galton's eccentric, sceptical, observing, flashing, cavalry-leader type of mind led him eventually to become the founder of the most important, significant and, I would add,… Add
- If the Treasury were to fill old bottles with bank-notes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal-mines which are then filled up to the… Bank
- Economics is a very dangerous science. Dangerous
- The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, — but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense. Desirable
- The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. Become Habituated
- When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do? Change
- Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand. Ever Perishes