Quote by John Maynard Keynes Download Open image ““The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. ”” — John Maynard Keynes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“...no one can safely rely upon the higher intellectual pursuits as a protection from money-anxieties.” — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
“The intelligent man, when he pays taxes, certainly does not believe that he is making a prudent and productive investment of his money; on… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, intellectual work of this sort is its own reward, because it is focused on the only One whose recognition is important, the One… — Mark Noll Copy Share Image
The underlying intellectual argument for seeking to tax economic rents retains its force. — Mervyn King Copy Share Image
“Economy that rewards selfishness, is but a glorified criminal offense.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Just what do we tax under our current system? Work, that’s what. Hard work and productivity. The harder you work, the more you achieve.… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant's profit, we have begun to change our civilization. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true,… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you're found out quickly. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals. We shall… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is a positive… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image