Economics Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

“Trickle-down theory - the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

— Gary Soto

Through eons of living in a land so poor there was little to eat but oats, they had as usual converted necessity into a…

— Diana Gabaldon

...the winter is kind and leaves red berries on the boughs for hungry sparrows...

— Anonymous

“God must see the songbird fall in order to regulate population according to food sources.”

— John Livingston. from "One Cosmic Moment

“Better a starving eagle, than a well-fed pigeon.”

— Quentin R. Bufogle

“Be like a sparrow aspiring to be an ostrich, and I’ll be like a cowboy with no horse looking for a speedy land runner…

— Jarod Kintz

“I rejoice that horses and steers have to be broken before they can be made the slaves of men, and that men themselves have…

— Henry David Thoreau

Belief forages, moving from pasture to pasture.

— Mason Cooley

See the long view: By all means "plant the corn, milk the cows, and feed the horses" but always keep the eventual "harvest" in…

— Warren G. Bennis

Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?

— Henry David Thoreau