Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will

Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Topics: Humor Quotes

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.

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...

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

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...

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

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

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...

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

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,...

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...

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

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...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must...

Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must...