"Money is a singular thing. It ranks with……" — John Kenneth Galbraith
"Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce."
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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286 Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith has 286 quotes on this site.
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When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.
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Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or…
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The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce.
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It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge of how they are to…
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The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then,…
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She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret…
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It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.
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The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will…
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The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training…
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One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.
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God gives us abundant material blessing so that we can give it away, and give it generously.
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The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification.
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Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.
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