In the autumn of 1929 the mightiest of Americans were, for a brief time, revealed as human beings.

I think the role of the Federal Reserve is enormously exaggerated.

Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said.

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for avoiding muscular energy, for increasing sensual pleasure and enhancing caloric intake above any conceivable nutritional requirement.

[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.

The oldest [John Kenneth] Galbraith rule is that when you hear that a new era has dawned, you should take cover.

We shall have a race of men who are strong on telemetry and space communications but who cannot read anything but a blueprint or write anything but a computer program.