Kenneth E. Boulding Quotes

When the Republican Party is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism then clearly I would argue that we've lost our way.

When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake.

There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation, the better.

The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose.

Obama acknowledges his overreach openly every time he argues that he intends to do the job of an obstinate Republican congress.

I don't feel a yearning or a sense of missed opportunities. I don't have many regrets. So that's a nice feeling. To have no regrets and still have enough sense of adventure to take on risk.

I remember when I switched from Christmas to sex as the secret of happiness.

If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.

There is no great fun, satisfaction, or joy derived from doing something that's easy.

We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age.

Varied are the ideas of what constitutes "success," e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every man-nor do they bring what is real success, namely, happiness.

Happiness arises as a result of different causes and conditions. If you harm someone out of anger, you may feel some superficial satisfaction, but deep down you know it was wrong. Your confidence will be undermined. However, if you have an altruistic attitude, you’ll feel comfortable and confident in the presence of others.

People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover.

Bringing all 45 members of my crazy family together, and watching them argue is super awesome. It's good to do it just once a year.

Once a need is satisfied, it is no longer a motivator. Satisfaction does not increase motivation

I will announce my intention to totally renegotiate NAFTA, one of the worst deals America has ever made.

It is indeed one of the principal drawbacks of every kind of interventionism that it is so difficult to reverse the process.

There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure.

What Hillary Clinton doesn't say is that tens of thousands of people that are unbelievably happy and that love me. I'll give you an example. We're just opening up on Pennsylvania Avenue right next to the White House, so if I don't get there one way, I'm going to get to Pennsylvania Avenue another.We're opening the Old Post Office. Under budget, ahead of schedule, saved tremendous money. I'm a year ahead of schedule. And that's what this country should be doing.

We're going to bring jobs back to this country. I think that is one of the reasons I'm going to do well with the African-Americans and Hispanics.

In man, at least, satisfaction is commonly followed by boredom.

We paid for this instead of a generation of health insurance, or an alternative energy grid, or a brand-new system of roads and highways. With the $13-plus trillion we are estimated to ultimately spend on the bailouts, we could not only have bought and paid off every single sub-prime mortgage in the country (that would only have cost $1.4 trillion), we could have paid off every remaining mortgage of any kind in this country - and still have had enough money left over to buy a new house for every American who does not already have one.

The science of political economy is essentially practical, and applicable to the common business of human life. There are few branches of human knowledge where false views may do more harm, or just views more good.