No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food.
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1908–2006 Canada
John Kenneth Galbraith (15 October 1908 – 29 April 2006), also known as J. K.
- Canada
- Academics
- Economists
- Non-fiction authors
Also known as: Galbraith, John Kenneth
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The New Industrial State (1967)
A constant in the history of money is that every remedy is reliably a source of new abuse.
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went (1975)
Men are, in fact, either sustained by organization or they sustain organization.
The New Industrial State (1967)
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
The Affluent Society (1958)
To add to the technostructure is to increase its power in the enterprise.
The New Industrial State (1967)
Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings.
The New Industrial State (1967)
If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went (1975)
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went (1975)
The Affluent Society (1958)
The Age of Uncertainty (1977)
But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it.
The New Industrial State (1967)
There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.
The New Industrial State (1967)
The New Industrial State (1967)
Those who yearn for the defeat of their enemy are said to wish that he might write a book.
The New Industrial State (1967)
Educators have yet to realize how deeply the industrial system is dependent upon them.
The New Industrial State (1967)
The New Industrial State (1967)
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Kenneth Galbraith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.