In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness...

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness...

When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against...

When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against...

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...

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

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

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

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

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

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

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Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then...

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

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...

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,...

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Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...

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

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

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

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

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

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

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Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need...

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...