The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent and indissoluble, like marriage, except by reason of death or other grave cause, might be a useful remedy for our contemporary evils. For this would force the investor to direct his mind to the long-term prospects and to those only.
John Maynard KeynesI do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.
John Maynard KeynesIf you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
John Maynard KeynesIf economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
John Maynard KeynesThe key to selecting the winner isn't choosing the face you think is the most beautiful but rather the face other people will pick
John Maynard Keynes