John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

In economics, the majority is always wrong.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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• My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • Idea
  • Stand
  • Three

• Act because you love to act.

  

  Mae Whitman
  • Love
  • You
  • Act

• War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Up
  • War
  • Gun

• I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • People
  • Believe
  • Gay

• I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • Doing
  • Jump
  • Comfort

• Britain's passion for Christmas and huge white weddings dates from Victorian times - both were low-key celebrations before Victoria and her PR machine.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Passion
  • Christmas
  • White

• God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • World
  • God
  • Perfect

• I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.

  

  Anton Zaslavski
  • Music
  • Mind
  • Song

• I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Hungry
  • Eater

• Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe.

  

  Dan Lipinski
  • Great
  • Future
  • Energy

• PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Up
  • World
  • Success

• Work is what saves you.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • Work
  • You
  • Saves

• I have three young kids and a great family. I love hanging out with them more than anything.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Great
  • Family
  • Love

• People willy-nilly borrow for consumption. Civil servants willy-nilly borrow for consumption and then wonder why they don't have enough money at the end of the month.

  

  Najib Razak
  • People
  • Money
  • Why

• The only two shows I watch are 'Walking Dead' and 'Nashville,' but both just went off the air for a couple of months, so I feel like I have to be productive because I'm not sitting around waiting for the next episode of zombies or mainstream country music.

  

  Caitlin Rose
  • Music
  • Country
  • Couple

• If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

  

  Dan Harmon
  • Money
  • High
  • You

• What happened to me is I gained a little weight so I could be more accessible to people. They're not like, 'Oh my God, he's, like, a male model comedian; yuck, ugh.' It's like, 'Oh, he's a little squishy; He's like me. He's accessible.' And girls are like, 'Look how cuddly he is. I just want to cuddle up in his neck fat and go to sleep.'

  

  Adam DeVine
  • People
  • Up
  • God

• I'm not saying I like to be kicked, but it's good for me to feel I am in the game. Definitely. A motivation.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Game
  • motivation
  • Kicked

• I did get a huge endorphin rush when I was able to crack a system because it was like a video game.

  

  Kevin Mitnick
  • Game

• Over the years, it seems 'Firefly' has only gained momentum rather than lost it. I still get letters from people who watched the show - I get more 'Firefly' than 'Mad Men' letters.

  

  Christina Hendricks
  • People
  • Men
  • Lost

• No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.

  

  Boyd K. Packer
  • World
  • Inspiration
  • Survive

• When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy, over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Sweet
  • Spring
  • Winter

• I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.

  

  Tom Cruise
  • Birthdays
  • Great Day
  • Movie Set

• In economics, the majority is always wrong.

  

  John Kenneth Galbraith