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One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing is being lost but money - John Galbraith Quotes

One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing is being lost but money

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. - John Galbraith Quotes

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does. - John Galbraith Quotes

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will - John Galbraith Quotes

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. - John Galbraith Quotes

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

Food

Several times I concluded that there was too much detail; always I returned to continue and enjoy the book. - John Galbraith Quotes

Several times I concluded that there was too much detail; always I returned to continue and enjoy the book.

Books And Reading

The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud. The basic forms are all known, have all been practiced. The manners of capitalism improve. The morals may not. - John Galbraith Quotes

The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud. The basic forms are all known, have all been practiced. The manners of capitalism improve. The morals may not.

Crime And Criminals Fraud

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. - John Galbraith Quotes

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.

Science And Scientists

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. - John Galbraith Quotes

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.

Criticism Literary Criticism

It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless. - John Galbraith Quotes

It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.

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