Affluent Quote by Hubert H. Humphrey

“The Affluent Society not only changed the way the country viewed itself, but gave new phrases to the language: Conventional wisdom, the bland leading…

— Amartya Sen

Things that come from the private sector are in abundant supply; things that depend on the public sector are widely a problem. We're a…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The…

— Eric Sevareid

In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The affluent society has built well in terms of economic progress, but has neglected the protection of the very water we drink as well…

— Frank Church

Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves.

— Cynthia Voigt

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients…

— Alex Campbell

One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will realize that…

— Tenzin Palmo

The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant.…

— Eric Hoffer

“In an affluent society there ought to be an income floor under every man below which society will not allow him to go –…

— Pierre Berton

“Pop art: only possible in an affluent society, where one can be free to enjoy ironic consumption.”

— Susan Sontag

Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

— Bill James