“We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: intelligence
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One of the greatest pieces of economic
“One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Category: wisdom
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War remains the decisive human failure.
“War remains the decisive human failure.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
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All of the great leaders have had
“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Category: great
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Humor is richly rewarding to the person
“Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Category: humor
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All of the great leaders have had
“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Category: time
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Nothing is so admirable in politics as
“Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Category: politics
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Politics is the art of choosing between
“Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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By all but the pathologically romantic, it
“By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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The enemy of the conventional wisdom is
“The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: wisdom
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More die in the United States of
“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Category: food
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