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 Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the...

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the...

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.

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.

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.

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either...

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either...

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.

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

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

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.

The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we...

The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we...

In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be...

In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

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...

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...

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the...

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the...

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...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good...

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good...

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: a) willful ignorance b) a steadfast refusal to...

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: a) willful ignorance b) a steadfast refusal to...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...