Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. John Kenneth Galbraith modestyoverratevastly Change image and share on social
It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation. John Kenneth Galbraith acknowledgeindignationmarx Change image and share on social
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith artchooseconsist Change image and share on social
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. John Kenneth Galbraith assureerrorfail Change image and share on social
By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man. John Kenneth Galbraith agemanpathologically Change image and share on social
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith artchoosedisastrous Change image and share on social
In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. John Kenneth Galbraith busychangechoice Change image and share on social
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. John Kenneth Galbraith conventionaljobpainful Change image and share on social
The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo. John Kenneth Galbraith abortlondonlong Change image and share on social
In economics, the majority is always wrong. John Kenneth Galbraith economicsmajoritywrong Change image and share on social