Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
John Kenneth GalbraithWealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
John Kenneth GalbraithPeople are the common denominator of progress; no improvement is possible with unimproved people.
John Kenneth GalbraithWhen everything else failed, we can still become immortal by making an enormous blunder.
John Kenneth GalbraithThe traveler to the United States will do wellto 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.
John Kenneth Galbraith