John Maynard Keynes Quotes

Jevons saw the kettle boil and cried out with the delighted voice of a child; Marshall too had seen the kettle boil and sat down silently to build an engine.

John Maynard Keynes

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• People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • People
  • Heart
  • Love

• I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • People
  • Other
  • Polite

• Los Angeles County is one of the most park-poor urban areas in the nation, and the San Gabriel Valley - stretching from Pasadena to Pomona - is especially starved for open space.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Space
  • Most
  • Open

• I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Lying
  • Almost
  • Spy

• It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'

  

  Paloma Faith
  • People
  • Music
  • Girl

• I do get around. Geographically, that is.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Get
  • Around

• I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.

  

  Ed Gillespie
  • People
  • American
  • Think

• When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.

  

  Ilana Glazer
  • First
  • Say
  • Writer

• Learn computer science. It's extraordinarily helpful. I like recommending learning economics as well so they think in terms of business, they have rational frameworks for looking at the world, but yeah, computer science is an amazing way to get into, even if you want to be CEO, having a tech background is helpful.

  

  Fabrice Grinda
  • World
  • Business
  • Science

• Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations for special scrutiny when those groups applied for tax-exempt status. There's no conceivable excuse for that. It was deeply, deeply wrong.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Party
  • Humble
  • Tea

• 'Animal Ark', was when I was fourteen years old, and it was an ITV children's program, and I did an episode called, 'Bunnies in the Bathroom.' And I'm not sure if it was my finest hour.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Children
  • Animal
  • Old

• I was the Republican governor of the heavily Democratic state of New Mexico. I focused on good government, and I got it done - just like my running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. The people of New Mexico reelected me by a comfortable margin. Ditto for Weld.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • People
  • Good
  • Done

• In America, it has been proven that the bulk of spending money is in the hands of women between 60 and 80, so it's so stupid. The people who do have the time and money to shop are either retired or empty-nesters.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Time
  • Women

• It is better to watch things then to do them.

  

  Dan Castellaneta
  • Things
  • Better
  • Watch

• It comes down to what your priorities are, and if public education is about kids, then every decision we make should be focused on the question of 'Is this good for a child?' And that should be the driving focus and the priority when we decide what our policies should be and what our laws should be.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Good
  • Kids
  • Education

• I'd like to be involved in 'SNL' somehow. I mean, being a permanent cast member is a stretch! That's pretty damned hard, but to host it one day would be a dream come true. And I would like to play the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn.

  

  Harley Quinn Smith
  • True
  • Pretty
  • Dream

• If you have 'too big to fail' for cities or for states, and they believe they'll be bailed out, they'll continue to make unwise decisions.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Believe
  • You
  • Decisions

• Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

  

  James Humes
  • Time
  • Leadership

• As an artist, I think you always have to take care of yourself as a person probably even more than the average person because your body is so important to your art.

  

  Josh Young
  • Art
  • Care
  • Body

• I'm stuck on this planet with you. And honestly, I'm glad. I've been exposed to a lot of awful people in the last few months, but I've met so many more that are amazing, thoughtful, generous, and kind. I honestly believe that is the human condition. And if the Carls are testing us, this final test is the hardest to accomplish. If you pay attention, there is only one story that makes sense, and that is one in which humanity works together more and more since we took over this planet. Yeah, we fuck it up all the time, yeah, there have been some massive steps backward, but look at us! We are one species now more than we have ever been. People fight against that, and they probably always will, but could there be any time in history when what Carl is asking would be more possible?

  

  Hank Green
  • People
  • Planet
  • Human Condition

• Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

  

  Dennis Prager
  • Time
  • Work
  • May

• I see the psychedelic experience as both the centerpiece of prehistoric life and destined to be the centerpiece of any future that we want to be part of.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Psychedelic
  • Destined
  • Prehistoric

• Jevons saw the kettle boil and cried out with the delighted voice of a child; Marshall too had seen the kettle boil and sat down silently to build an engine.

  

  John Maynard Keynes