John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement.
Quotes to Explore
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You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.
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I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.
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Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.
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'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.
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I have long been impressed with the focus on politics and that focus being... from young people.
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Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.
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I have a variety of styles. I don't stick to one particular style.
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Up to his twenty-sixth year, the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he seemed led by a strong and empty desire of gaining for himself a great name.
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When I was put in a situation where I'm going there, you have to look at the team and the possibility that hey, we can probably do some good things over there.
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I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around.
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The nearer you come to God, the less you are disposed to questioning and reasoning. When you actually attain Him, when you behold Him as the reality, then all noise, all disputations, come to an end.
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If you keep a thing seven years, you are sure to find a use for it.
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We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there.
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I always carry a little jar of nuts around with me. I roast them beforehand with tamari and thyme to give them a deliciously rich flavour.
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Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.
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When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
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I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them.
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There is no reason why a guitar player makes the guitar-playing faces. It doesn't help you play guitar. You've not improved your skills. It's because you're up onstage, and the natural inclination is to put on a show. The rock guy faces are just as much of a front or a show as us wearing crazy makeup. It's just a different scale.
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If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement.
