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

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

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The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award...

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not...

We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not...

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your...

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your...

You are not broken and you do not need to be fixed.

You are not broken and you do not need to be fixed.