John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

A man of sense soon discovers, because he carefully observes, where and how long he is welcome; and takes care to leave the company at least as soon as he is wished out of it. Fools never perceive whether they are ill timed or ill placed.

A fool I am and I'll always be. They can change their minds, but they can't change me.

Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

When there is an issue, I approach it and hit it head on. I speak the truth. If I do something wrong, then I own it.

I can be stupid sometimes.

You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won't be wiser?

Whatever we wish to achieve in the future, it must begin by knowing where we are in the present - not where we wish we were, or where we wish others to think we are, but where we are in fact.

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.

One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.

I never cheat or steal. Also, I never wear a top-hat with a sack coat or munch bananas in public on the streets, because a gentleman does not do those things either. I would as soon do the one as the other sort of thing--it is all a matter of harmony and good taste.

God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.

Nothing betrays imbecility so much as the being insensible of it.

Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware.

Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.

If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.

Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up.

The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things.

The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, Josh,” Flamel said quietly. “And the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer. Sophie,” he added, without looking at her.

Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.

I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.

I am a fool. That is well known.

You gotta wonder about someone who would be dumb enough to fallo a person as crazy as him! wait, I think I just insulted myself - ganju

It's harder to put yourself in a place where you could easily be seen as a fake. But that's more interesting to me.