Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted.

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or...

It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or...

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so...

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so...

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has...

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has...

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals....

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals....

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is...

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is...

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full,...

One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full,...

In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority...

In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority...

Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the...

Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the...

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is...

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in...

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to...

Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to...

There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A,...

There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A,...