John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality.

Jessica Williams

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You can't have a happy family if you don't have a happy marriage.

Jeremy Sisto

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I read a couple of books about neuroscience and the relationship between the mind and the body.

Joel Kinnaman

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The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.

John Marshall

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Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

John Podhoretz

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Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.

Simon Mainwaring

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I can't quote stats from another decade. I've got friends that can do that. But I am a huge sports fan. In fact, I enjoy all sports, and when I enjoy a game for five minutes, I'm in it for the whole thing. Plus, I do have some teams I loyally follow.

Rob Riggle

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A calming place, where you can go to escape it all and just focus on your body, is so wonderful to have.

Mary Helen Bowers

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When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks.

Dougray Scott

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Rather than trying to create an audience, just try and create music that feels good to you.

Chet Faker

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A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.

Christopher McQuarrie

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When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life, and that was in fourth grade. We traveled to California for vacation and stayed with some friends of my parents. It was culture shock, and it was different.

Brad Paisley

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