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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
«Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.»
«Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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«One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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Wisdom
«We are on the edge of a total end to civilized existenceon this planet, perhaps the end of life itself.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are not missed.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.»
«Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
«All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge into a vacuum.»
«The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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