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

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Topics: Conformity Quotes

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...

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...

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...

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.

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.

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves...

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves...

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.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

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...

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does...

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does...

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...

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.

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...

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable...

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable...

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

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...

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably...

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably...

There's no such thing as bad publicity

There's no such thing as bad publicity