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Thorstein Veblen has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their…
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In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite,…
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Loud dress becomes offensive to people of taste, as evincing an undue desire to reach and impress the untrained sensibilities of the…
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With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of…
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The visible imperfections of hand-wrought goods, being honorific, are accounted marks of superiority in point of beauty, or serviceability, or both.
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There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum.
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Invention is the mother of necessity.
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In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
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The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical…
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It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost, and at any risk to the rest of…
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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
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All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
— Anton Chekhov
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The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the…
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Your attitude is more important that your aptitude.
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In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick…
— Proclus
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of…
— Nelson Mandela
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The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the patient without…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural…
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In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.
— Norm MacDonald
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I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to…
— Samuel Johnson
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If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise in every…
— Herbert Spencer
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People who don't have the interest or aptitude for serious college studies at age 18 may find that later in life they…
— George Leef
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