Thorstein Veblen Quotes

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.

Thorstein Veblen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 30, 1857 - August 3, 1929

Topics

NatureSportsManMoralDevelopment

The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.

John Bercow

WorldBeingMustDifferentRealise

We've created a tenfold core value protocol to make sure that we don't fall into an 'empire' attitude.

Joel Salatin

AttitudeValueFallEmpireSure

That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?

John Dickerson

PoliticsStoryInterestingMeanWho

Originally, I thought, 'Gollum's such a fantastic character, why are you doing him CG? Surely you need to be able to humanise him as much as possible - he's so full of pathos and real emotion.'

Andy Serkis

CharacterThoughtDoingYouPossible

Because I'm a writer, I'm really good at being nervous.

Jeff Giles

GoodNervousBeingBecauseWriter

Entrepreneurs create value; I wanted to create ideas that became machines for making value.

Martine Syms

ValueIdeasCreateMachinesMaking

To put it in plain language, Russia is that country where the name of a writer appears not on the cover of his book, but on the door of his prison cell.

Joseph Brodsky

DoorBookPrisonNameLanguage

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

Desiderius Erasmus

NatureProfitNothingRageOutGot

When I was a young man in school, I used to read science fiction and really liked it. And as I became a young artist, I was filling up my portfolio with alien planets and spacecraft and things like that.

Douglas Trumbull

ScienceManSchoolArtistAlienUp

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

Chris Hadfield

LeadershipSuccessBestTeamShine

And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.

DeForest Soaries

PowerPeopleLittleStayVeryThem

Syria is hosting the most dangerous terrorist organizations.

Ariel Sharon

DangerousHostingMostSyria

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