John Maynard Keynes Quotes

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.

John Maynard Keynes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1883 - April 21, 1946

Topics

FairYearsPretendLittleMustGods

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Jimmy Dean

MotivationalLifeMy LifePoverty

The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else.

Jodie Sweetin

CompetitionFierceYouMove OnAdult

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.

John Bonham

GoodLookSomethingGotSignTried

Snow isn't just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible.

John Burnside

SnowEyesQualityWorldKindPretty

I just felt that I was going to fall apart if I didn't learn to be myself.

John Grant

MyselfLearnFallGoingJustApart

Any alternative culture that inspires a lot of passion and inspiration is also in danger of being set in its ways, almost from the moment it's born.

Jello Biafra

PassionMomentCultureBornDanger

I have two sons, and at 16, they were into Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and a lot of British rock.

Jean-Marc Vallee

PinkRockTwoBritishDavid Bowie

Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.

Amanda de Cadenet

BrotherMeGenderStereotypesTaught

I don't try to hide who I am when I appear in public places, act, or attend interviews. If I do, it makes the gap even wider. I like it best when someone says I'm the same on television, on camera, or off camera. This makes it easier for me.

Song Joong-ki

BestI AmMeSomeoneCameraHide

We are glad to tie up with a humanitarian organization, which is being promoted by Prince Abdul Aziz. This partnership will greatly help in assisting needy renal-failure patients by supplying them equipment, medicines and other medical supplies, while encouraging and supporting scientific research.

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

MedicalResearchOrganizationHelp

'Rocky' is a movie that just happens to be about boxing. It's really about characters and story lines and relationships and all those things, and the backdrop is boxing. You can go back and watch the final fight in 'Rocky' a thousand times. If you dig that movie, if you like the characters, you'll watch the whole movie over and over.

Triple H

FightStoryYouBackRelationships

My wife and I invest very, very conservatively.

Ron Howard

WifeInvestVery

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