John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 15, 1908 - April 29, 2006

Topics

PowerPower CorruptsExpectation

Everywhere you turn, there are lists and statistics. Any business, any sport, any hobby - we will try to categorize who is the best at some component of that endeavor. It's part human nature and part technology, since we have been conditioned to have access to answers and trivial problems at our fingertips.

Michael Gerber

NatureBusinessTechnologyBestYou

When you come to a hotel where everything is brand new, it's logical that not everything works.

Toni Kroos

BrandHotelYouNewEverythingCome

In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.

Midge Ure

MusicPeopleYouNiceMeetStrange

In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it.

Jonathan Anderson

LifeLoveHotelWeekendBackPerson

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on.

Chris Cooper

YouI CanGoodnessSayBuildYears

An album is like a book or a diary or a snapshot... It just feels so like the end of a chapter when you finish one.

Chet Faker

BookEndYouChapterDiaryFinish

Even in the limo, I buckle my seatbelt. I got that seatbelt on before the car moves.

Christopher Walken

CarGotEvenBeforeMoves

My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.

Cory Booker

MeClearManhoodModelSetAbout

My brain and body and nervous system, they see a plane ride, a long plane trip, as an opportunity to sleep with nothing coming in, nothing to do. I just go offline the minute I'm on the plane.

Anthony Bourdain

OpportunityRideSleepBrainBody

The only person that can make you feel that you aren't beautiful is you.

Winnie Harlow

BeautifulFeelYouPersonOnlyMake

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Philip Johnson

ArtArchitectureSpaceWasteHow

The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research.

Susumu Tonegawa

ResearchBrainComplicatedBecause

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