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Conformity2 quotes
It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths 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. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Wealth2 quotes
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion. — Jim Carrey · 2014World War I2 quotes
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below. — John McCrae · 1915To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. — John McCrae · 1915Achievement1 quote
Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature-subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. — William Osler · 1925Advertising and marketing1 quote
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it. — Stephen Leacock · 1924Art1 quote
The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder. — Glenn Gould · 1982Broken relationships1 quote
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood · 1972Closed-mindedness1 quote
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. — William Osler · 1902Contentment1 quote
I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion. — Jim Carrey · 2014Conversation1 quote
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. — Margaret Millar · 1942Curiosity1 quote
My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least. — Alex Trebek · 2020Divorce1 quote
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood · 1972Dogma1 quote
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. — William Osler · 1902Downsides of wealth1 quote
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Dying young1 quote
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away. — Neil Young · 1978Economics1 quote
Trickle-down theory—the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1992Emotional scars1 quote
But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind. — Margaret Atwood · 1985Existential terror1 quote
But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot. — Margaret Atwood · 1985Expression of love1 quote
I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary. — Margaret Atwood · 1980Fame1 quote
I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion. — Jim Carrey · 2014Financial panics and bubbles1 quote
One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing is being lost but money. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1955Freedom1 quote
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt. — John Philpot Curran · 1816Going for it1 quote
100 percent of the shots you don't take don't go in the net. — Wayne Gretzky · 1983Greed1 quote
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. — William Osler · 1904Healing1 quote
But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind. — Margaret Atwood · 1985Ignorance1 quote
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. — William Osler · 1902Inner strength1 quote
Don't let the bastards grind you down. — Margaret Atwood · 1985Intellectual history1 quote
It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Knowledge1 quote
My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least. — Alex Trebek · 2020Lack of love1 quote
Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. — Margaret Atwood · 1985