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Most Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith
- When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.
- In the United States all business not transacted over the telephone is accomplished in conjunction with alcohol or food, often under conditions of advanced intoxication.…
- Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute.…
- Faced with having to change our views or prove that there is no need to do so, most of us immediately get busy on the…
- In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally…
- Emancipation of belief is the most formidable of the tasks of reform and the one on which all else depends.
- From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the…
- Increasingly in recent times we have come first to identify the remedy that is most agreeable, most convenient, most in accord with major pecuniary or…
- Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can…
- Among all the world's races, some obscure Bedouin tribes possibly apart, Americans are the most prone to misinformation. This is not the consequence of any…
- According to the experience of all but the most accomplished jugglers, it is easier to keep one ball in the air than many.
- Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences.
- But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it.
- Economic theory is the most prestigious subject of instruction and study. Agricultural economics, labor economics and marketing are lower caste fields of study.
- That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplification of…
- Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
- Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.
- If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or later be awkward for public administration if most people suppose…
- In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster