If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

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

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

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

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...

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...

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action, of the machine we have...

We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action, of the machine we have...

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire...

A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the...

In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the...

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

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

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the...

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the...

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When...

There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a...

There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a...

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for...

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for...

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two...

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two...

Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business.

Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business.