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Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

“We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.”

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John Kenneth Galbraith was a renowned economist known for his research on economic cycles, market structures, and government policies. His works have had a profound impact on economic theory and policy practice. more

“My hold on the past and the future is precarious and my possession of my own time is always postponed until a stage when I may fully understand it, yet this stage can never be reached, since it would be one more moment bounded by the horizon of its future, and requiring in its turn, further developments in order to be understood.”

May Moments Would Be Past Order Turns My Own Stage Development Understood Possession Horizon Precarious

Book:Phenomenology of Perception

Source: Phenomenology of Perception

“To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.”

World Body Given Understanding Performances Harmony Aim Intention

Book:Phenomenology of Perception

Source: Phenomenology of Perception

“I discover vision, not as a 'thinking about seeing,' to use Descartes expression, but as a gaze at grips with a visible world, and that is why for me there can be another's gaze.”

Thinking World Use Vision Seeing Expression Visible Phenomenology

Book:Phenomenology of Perception

Source: Phenomenology of Perception

“My own words take me by surprise and teach me what to think.”

Thinking My Own Teach Surprise Take Me

Author:Maurice Merleau-Ponty

“Like the weaver, the writer works on the wrong side of his material. He has only to do with the language, and it is thus that he suddenly finds himself surrounded by sense.”

Language Sides Materials Phenomenology Weavers

Book:The Merleau-Ponty Aesthetics Reader: Philosophy and Painting

Source: The Merleau-Ponty Aesthetics Reader: Philosophy and Painting

“We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.”

World Persons Ocean Depth Esteem Merit Neglect Swim Pearls Seaweed True Worth

Author:George Pope Morris

“The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!”

Heart States Hands Land Unions Unity Lakes Flags

Book:Poems of George P. Morris: With a Memoir of the Author

Source: Poems of George P. Morris: With a Memoir of the Author

“All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.”

Heart Interest Ability Class Trade Pursue Boldness Secrecy Classes Of Society

Author:William Stanley Jevons

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