Discarded Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith Download Open image “Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.” — John Kenneth Galbraith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discarded Power Underwear
Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power. — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given. — William Powell Copy Share Image
The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough. — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing. — Morgan Llywelyn Copy Share Image
Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous.” — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplification… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Agriculture is one economic activity that does not obey the laws of demand and supply. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from… — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
Once a new paradigm takes hold, its acceptance is extraordinarily rapid and one finds few who claim to have adhered to a discarded method. — Bernard Lown Copy Share Image
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I do triage on everything that comes through the door, and if it's not something we need (now, for real-not maybe someday) or something… — Michelle Herman Copy Share Image
We are not to look upon our sins as insignificant trifles. On the other hand, we are not to regard them as so terrible… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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Capital punishment...treats members of the human race...as objects to be toyed with and discarded. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
As we're leaving the King's Arms Hotel after Sunday lunch, I watch a beautiful white dove walking down the wet road. A car approaches… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
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Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
...I had grown up in a world that was dominated by immature age. Not by vigorous immaturity, but by immaturity that was old and… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
