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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Humor Value Attention Person Who

I came into advertising in 1961. I had been turned down for jobs on the Ford account in the late Fifties as 'not their type.' If it hadn't been for Bill Bernbach, I would now be sitting in some luncheonette, continuing my life as a messenger.

Jerry Della Femina

Life Advertising My Life Late Down

My eating habits are the only behaviour of mine that are still manic. I can't walk by a restaurant, a bakery, an ice-cream store or a candy store without making a purchase; the amount of calories I take in today are at least five times as many as I took before starting on all of this medication.

Today Walk Eating Restaurant Candy

Loving movies myself, I know when I see a film with someone with a strong persona, it's hard to overlay another character on top of that.

Character Myself Strong Someone Know

The department store was a product of the 19th century and became a very important institution as America went into the 20th century. It provided show places in developing towns like Terre Haute, Sacramento, and Dallas.

America Important Product Places

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

America Growing Way Movement Been

My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.

Rufus Wainwright

Smile Look Why Cheeks Explode

There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.

Science Spiritual Wrong Confusion

I think you can learn a lot from primary sources. 'The Penguin Book of Witches,' which is edited by novelist Katherine Howe, is a wonderful compilation of primary sources about witchcraft.

Deborah Harkness

Book Think Learn You Witches

A lot of financial technology is foolhardy. Saying, 'We're going to kill banks. We're going to disrupt everything,' ignores some realities.

Technology Saying Financial Going

I'm prone to getting dark circles under my eyes when I'm tired, so I l use cover-up and instantly feel more confident.

Bridgit Mendler

Eyes Tired Confident Feel Dark More

Trump's foundation has done nothing. Its board is packed with relatives, and he's going to use his presidency to sell himself and his brand and profit personally for himself and his family.

Family Foundation Brand Profit Done

There's just something extraordinary about that Selma Hayek.

Woody Harrelson

Extraordinary Something Just About

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