[The] men of the technostructure are the new and universal priesthood. Their religion is business success; their test of virtue is growth and profit. Their bible is the computer printout; their communion bench is the committee room.
John Kenneth GalbraithWe live surrounded by a systematic appeal to a dream world which all mature, scientific reality would reject. We, quite literally, advertise our commitment to immaturity, mendacity and profound gullibility. It is as the hallmark of the culture. And it is justified as being economically indispensable.
John Kenneth GalbraithIf we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.
John Kenneth GalbraithI have never understood why one's affections must be confined, as once with women, to a single country.
John Kenneth Galbraith