John Galbraith
John Galbraith
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assertion associated fact itself man manner reality wisdom
Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its assertion
bland days disturbing lead looked man mark minor seek taken
these are the days when men... seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.
created fills itself production void
Production only fills a void that it has itself created
alteration circumstance few ideas relevant total underlying
The total alteration in underlying circumstances has not been squarely faced, As a result, we are guided, in part, by ideas that are relevant to another world. ... We do many things that are unnecessary, some that are unwise, and a few that are insane.
based belongs class conviction differs english extreme familiar firmly himself inherently prepare speaker states superior traveler united version
The traveler to the United States will do well to prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.
becoming created machine servants serve
We are becoming the servants in thought, as in action, of the machine we have created to serve us
boom fall january level likely market matter simple year
On the first of January of 1929, as a simple matter of probability, it was most likely that the boom would end before the year was out, ... The market wouldn't level out; it would fall precipitately.
books-and-reading concluded continue enjoy returned several
Several times I concluded that there was too much detail; always I returned to continue and enjoy the book.
dogmatic people
When people are the least sure, they are often the most dogmatic
few tempting writer
Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has said before
almost busy changing choice faced gets mind proving
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
although case proved wealth widely
Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
anchor far firm nonsense seas troubled
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put on the troubled seas of thought.
civilized edge life perhaps total
We are on the edge of a total end to civilized existenceon this planet, perhaps the end of life itself.