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Tendencies Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith
- There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.
- It had been held that the economic system, any capitalist system, found its equilibrium at full employment. Left to itself, it was thus that it…
- 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…
- There is an insistent tendency among serious social scientists to think of any institution which features rhymed and singing commercials, intense and lachrymose voices urging…
- I've long believed alas, that in highly organized industrial societies, capitalist or socialist, the stronger tendency is to converge - that if steel or automobiles…
- I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.
More Tendencies Quotes
- During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks. — John James Audubon
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality… — Mikhail Bakunin
- The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. — Jane Addams
- Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an… — Pope Benedict XVI
- I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and that shouldn't be… — Lewis Black
- The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here… — Allan Bloom
- I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to… — Jo Brand
- Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying:… — Jo Brand
- I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere… — Candace Bushnell
- Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of… — Lord Byron
- There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon,… — Benjamin Carson
- We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness… — Jimmy Carter