The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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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...

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

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...

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...

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 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.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than...

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

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

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

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken...

I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken...

I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers,...

I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers,...