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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

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

John Kenneth Galbraith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Heart Wrinkles Grow Spirit Never

There is no mercy in a system that makes health care a luxury. There is no mercy in a country that turns their back on those most in need of protection: the elderly, the poor, the sick, and the suffering.

Joe Kennedy III

Health Suffering Sick Care Luxury

The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.

Business Thought Worst Worst Thing

I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

Great Movies Satire Twisted Social

Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

Thinking Social Habits Rooted Some

I always thought I'd buy my mother a house if I ever became successful - a big, beautiful house on the nicest street in town. It didn't exactly work out that way. I was still borrowing money from her in my 40s.

Work Mother Beautiful Money Thought

Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult, but President Reagan's messianic and visceral attitude toward the Nicaraguan revolution could mean it will happen as an act of desperation.

Attitude Revolution Political Mean

There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?

Rosanna Arquette

Child Feel Rejection Bad Movies Why

I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist... anything but a racist.

Love Myself People Thought Care

Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.

House White More White House Been

I feel like I could dominate the origami field. I think I have enormous potential in that area.

Think Potential Feel I Feel Like

We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format.

Change Together People Group Guests

There were good jobs, but they were never what I wanted to do. Somehow, people always thought of Wilma Rudolph as a threat.

Good People Thought Never Always

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