Thorstein Veblen Quotes

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

Thorstein Veblen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BusinessCommunityRestRiskSound

Sure, nobody ever recognises me. I'm always scurrying around London under a hat and looking like a homeless person.

Jessie Buckley

HatMeHomelessLookingPersonSure

It's far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.

Jennifer Armintrout

DeathImpossiblePersonalQuestion

You can only choose between rich and poor. The middle class is gone.

Robert Kiyosaki

RichYouChooseClassPoorMiddle

I always liked the double cutaway. It looked like two horns. It's like a red devil. So I went to the guitar shop, saw an SG that was sitting there looking rather lonely, and said, 'Hey, that's for me.'

Angus Young

RedMeLookingGuitarLonelyDevil

I do seem to look like a lot of people.

Rob Brydon

PeopleLookSeemLikeLot

Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.

Robin Williams

MeWinningHonorYouThingsEasier

I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.

Mary J. Blige

GoodWomenFeel GoodFeelYouI Can

I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.

Johnny Van Zant

BusinessTruckYearQuitHalfDrove

If I change in any way, I'm not going to be the same player.

Diego Costa

ChangeWaySameGoingPlayerAny

I was part of the draft resistance movement in LA where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus.

Cheech Marin

CardsTroubleResistanceMovement

We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society.

Christian de Duve

LearningSocietyStopKnowBecome

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Coco Chanel

CourageYourselfThinkActStill

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