A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.
John Kenneth Galbraith
The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
John Kenneth Galbraith
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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| Harold Acton, Historian (1904) |
| Todd Akin, Politician (1947) |
| Frederick Lewis Allen, Editor (1890) |
| P. T. Barnum, Entertainer (1810) |
| Hollie Cavanagh, Musician (1993) |
| Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Celebrity (1948) |
| Edie Falco, Actress (1963) |
| Shane Filan, Musician (1979) |
| Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman (1882) |
| Wilhelm Backhaus, Musician (1969) |
| Bruce Barton, Author (1967) |
| Charles Fillmore, Educator (1948) |
| James Norman Hall, Author (1951) |
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