John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

Docility is the observable half of reason.

The narrow bandwidth of TV has made us think that we are stupider than we are.

I'm not the smartest dude in the world. (After all... I picked a career in acting.)

Man's mind is his basic tool of survival.

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The greater the intellect, the more ease in its misdirection.

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.

The mind is crazy thing. To be focused is the most difficult thing.

Baseball regards us as sheep.

We must form men so that they can only will what we wish them to will.

Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.

We cherish right and we cherish left, but more important, we cherish when you are able to use the whole mind that you were born with.

I don't subscribe to the view that talent is deteriorating. I think every generation is brighter than their previous generation.

"Beauty fades," my father would tell me, "but dumb? Dumb is forever."

That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea.

What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common society, is nature's favorite resource for preserving steadiness of conduct and consistency of opinion.

It is intelligence that brings order, not discipline.

I got good grades in school, but I'm not sure if I'm smart or if it just means I can study. I've never taken one of those IQ tests, and I don't want to. It's so pointless. As long as you enjoy life and have fun and you're healthy and happy, that's what matters.

Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind.

Brains first and then Hard Work.

Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.

Some people think that I haven't got the brains to be that clever.

Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.

It is commonly seene by experience, that excellent memories do rather accompany weake judgements.