458 Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.

The Senate has unlimited debate; in the House, debate is ruthlessly circumscribed. There is frequent discussion as to which technique most effectively frustrates democratic process.

American university presidents are a nervous breed; I have never thought well of them as a class.

Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking in expenditure on behalf of the undeserving poor.

In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.

I've long believed alas, that in highly organized industrial societies, capitalist or socialist, the stronger tendency is to converge - that if steel or automobiles are wanted and must be made on a large scale, the process will stamp its imprint on the society, whether that me be Magnitogorsk or Gary, Indiana.

It is possible that people need to believe they are unmanaged if they are to be managed effectively.