John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EconomicsAmericanBoredomSayMinds

You have to prepare yourself physically as much as possible for a bad wipeout.

Joel Parkinson

YourselfYouBadPossiblePrepare

If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my God, now I'm screwed.' Or you're not going to think, 'The umpire's going to give him calls because he's just told him he's an idiot or the pits of the world.'

John McEnroe

GodWorldThinkIdiotYouGo

Tactical Work is the work you do every day in your business to generate income, along with all of the operational, financial, and management tasks that entails.

Michael Gerber

WorkBusinessDayManagementYou

It's a funny thing: my name in Arabic means hope, so I suppose I have to live by that principle. Hope is desire, feeling, and investing in a projection of something that doesn't yet exist. At its best, you witness its alchemy in your life, turning something that was once in the mind into reality. At its worst, it's delusion.

Aml Ameen

LifeFunnyLiveHopeBestMind

My regimen is I wake up, usually around 8:30, brush my teeth, and splash water on my face.

Amy Schumer

WaterWake UpFaceTeethUpSplash

I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum.

Tommy Lee

InjuriesEdgeAlwaysDrumLike

The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85.

Robert C. Solomon

NowRealDollarUpRecallSomething

I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.

Robin Williams

GreatThinkDarkPersonalStrange

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

Jules Renard

MoneyWritingYouRidiculousEarn

I feel that I was chosen to do it. It's taken me all over the world and given me opportunities to take care of my family and give me experiences that I would not have had. I think about those things and what I owe to the game.

Chris Bosh

FamilyMeWorldGameOpportunities

I was watching the 2014 World Cup, and I was playing with the U-17s, I think, at the time. I remember watching it in the summer, and I was like, 'You know what? It's a pretty crazy goal, but I want to be there in 2018.'

Christian Pulisic

TimeCrazyWorldThinkRememberYou

My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all.

Claudia Black

MountainStormMeBlackLessonDown

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