John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
Increasingly in recent times we have come first to identify the remedy that is most agreeable, most convenient, most in accord with major pecuniary or political interest, the one that reflects our available faculty for action; then we move from the remedy so available or desired back to a cause to which that remedy is relevant.
Quotes to Explore
-
I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
-
I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
-
I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
-
Love is a strange emotion. It is ever evolving. Lust is transient. With time, one realizes that love and togetherness are two different things. Very few people are lucky enough to experience the two emotions simultaneously.
-
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
-
I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
-
I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
-
I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
-
People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
-
I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
-
I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
-
Someone has to stand up for wimps.
-
The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
-
Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
-
I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
-
I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
-
I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.
-
Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'
-
I always have my passport on me, as well as two currencies.
-
Discovering your purpose doesn't have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. Is it to support your family? That's your purpose. Is it to make a difference in your customer's life? That's your purpose.
-
Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.
-
Our enemies are real. But so are the moral questions and long-term political implications of drone strikes.
-
When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.
-
Increasingly in recent times we have come first to identify the remedy that is most agreeable, most convenient, most in accord with major pecuniary or political interest, the one that reflects our available faculty for action; then we move from the remedy so available or desired back to a cause to which that remedy is relevant.
