Capitalism Quote by Ernest Gellner Download Open image “Capital, like capitalism, seems an overrated category.” — Ernest Gellner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Capitalism Categories Overrated Seems
It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
The whole thing is, really, money makes money. That's the whole thing about capitalism. Without the capital, there is no -ism. — Li Lu Copy Share Image
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior ofcapital, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Capital burns off the nuance in a culture. Foreign investment, global markets, corporate acquisitions, the flow of information through transnational media, the attenuating influence… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
All business is capitalistic. You require capital for any sort of business endeavour. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Great leadership and great companies aren't built overnight, and they're not built without capital. And capital can sometimes be counter-productive to building a great… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
It seems to me self-evident that we cannot have capitalism without capital and, very importantly, that the ultimate source of all economic capital is… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
Nowledge which... transcends the bounds, the prejudices and prejudgements of any one society and culture is not an illusion but, on the contrary, a… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Obstruction of mobility, where it occurs, is one of the most serious and intractable problems of industrial society. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
“It is precisely by binding things together that traditional visions perpetuate themselves and the prejudgments contained within them; and it is by insisting on… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend,… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
“One persistent attempt to find a thread in the history of mankind focuses on the notion of Reason. Human history, on this view, is… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
People are even more reluctant to admit that man explains nothing, than they were to admit that God explains nothing. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and left freely,… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Tribalism never prospers, for when it does, everyone will respect it as a true nationalism, and no-one will dare call it tribalism. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
In brief, nationalism is a theory of political legitimacy, which requires the ethnic boundaries should not be cut across political ones, and, in particular,… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Corporations have nothing to do with values, and they know it, and sometimes say it. — Eric Kierans Copy Share Image
There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism. — Anatoly Chubais Copy Share Image
Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Scholars have long debated whether capital markets lead to appropriate levels of saving and investment for future generations.” — David L. Weimer Copy Share Image
“A car is one of the most interesting inventions, but driving is one of the most boring activities.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
