Best Animal Spirits Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“But public works, economic protectionism, cheap money, "deficit-financed government spending," and "the animal spirits of the spendthrift in the service of boosting "consumption demand"... Doesn't Keynesianism simply appeal to the worst in human nature?”

Humans Government Spirit Animal Economic Worst Human Nature Demand Spending Appeals Consumption Deficit Government Spending Protectionism Spendthrift Animal Spirits Keynesianism

Author:Ilana Mercer

“A certain excess of animal spirits with thoughtless good-humor will often make more enemies than the most deliberate spite and ill-nature, which is on its guard, and strikes with caution and safety.”

Spirit Certain Animal Enemy Safety Ill Strikes Spite Excess Caution Deliberate Good Humor Animal Spirits

Author:William Hazlitt

“Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.”

Feels Home Spirit Animal Core Buying Assets Animal Spirits Buying Power

Author:Kevin O'Leary

“Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they shuffle around. They're a group phenomenon, they're not very fast, they're quite sickly. So what's the pleasure of being one?”

Joy Spirit Pleasure Animal Forever Rich Groups Flying Vampire Phenomenon Zombie Werewolf Shuffle Aristocratic Animal Spirits

Author:Margaret Atwood

“A man's opinion of danger varies at different times, in consequence of an irregular tide of animal spirits; and he is actuated by considerations which he dares not avow.”

Men Different Spirit Animal Opinion Danger Consequence Dare Consideration Tides Vary Different Times Animal Spirits

Book:The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume

Source: The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume

“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.”

Looks Persons Bigs Eye Happiness Joy Spirit Animal Beauty Laughing Fire Color Laughter Loud Look Up Cheeks Animal Spirits

Book:Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life

Source: Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life

“A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures.”

Spirit Animal Economy Prepared Capitalist Venture Businessman Capitalist Economy Animal Spirits

Author:Paul Johnson

“I don't like to go into subways, because I always see them [ mice]. They are like my naguales [kindred animal spirits]. They follow me. I have literally stepped off of a plane in Phoenix and gotten my bag and stepped out on the curb and they'll be a big desert rat walking right in front of me.”

Bigs Spirit Animal Fronts Walking Desert Planes Bags Mice Rats Subway Follow Me Phoenix Curb Kindred Animal Spirits

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“I can't go to Hindu countries where they respect rats and mice, and I can't go camping. I don't like to go into subways, because I always see them. Rats are like my naguales [kindred animal spirits]. They follow me.”

I Can Country Spirit Animal Mice Rats Subway Follow Me Camping Kindred Animal Spirits

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.”

Source: Sitting Bull: The Collected Speeches

“Dancing is at once rational & healthful: it gives animal spirits; it is the natural amusement of young people, & such it has been from the days of Moses.”

People Giving Has Beens Young Spirit Natural Animal Dancing Dance Rational Amusement Moses Just Dance Animal Spirits

Book:Advice to Young Men

Source: Advice to Young Men

“Wherefore the brain must be looked upon as the universal and general sensory and at the same time as the universal and general motory organ of the body and finally as the universal and general laboratory of the animal spirits and the blood or of the essential juices of life.”

Body Spirit Animal Brain Blood Essentials Universal Organs Juice Laboratory Sensory General Motors Animal Spirits

Book:The Brain, Considered Anatomically, Physiologically and Philosophically: The pituitary gland, the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata

Source: The Brain, Considered Anatomically, Physiologically and Philosophically: The pituitary gland, the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata

“The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit.”

Men Humans May Book Body Spirit Grows Animal Sun Holy Mirrors Shining Human Spirit Bounty Holy Books Animal Spirits

Author:Abdu'l-Bahá

“Most, probably, of our decisions to do something positive, the full consequences of which will be drawn out over many days to come, can only be taken as the result of animal spirits-a spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and not as the outcome of a weighted average of quantitative benefits multiplied by quantitative probabilities.”

Action Spirit Decision Animal Results Taken Benefits Consequence Economics Average Outcomes Urges Spontaneous Probability Inaction Days To Come Animal Spirits

Author:John Maynard Keynes

“Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart.”

Heart Art Faces Spirit Animal Ears Raises Passing Passings Muscles Harmonious Animal Spirits Punning Cockles

Book:The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift ...

Source: The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift ...

“The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.”

Reason Spirit Animal Moved Animal Spirits

Author:John Maynard Keynes

“We've got to get rid of the fear of failure in this country. In America, people start things, fail and shake themselves down and start things again. The animal spirit of capitalism is stronger there.”

People Country America Spirit Animal Failing Capitalism Stronger Down And Entrepreneur Shakes Fear Of Failure Animal Spirits

Author:Rupert Murdoch

“Constant labor of one uniform kind destroys the intensity and flow of a man's animal spirits, which find recreation and delight in mere change of activity.”

Men Kind Spirit Animal Activity Flow Labor Constant Mere Delight Intensity Uniforms Recreation Animal Spirits

Book:Capital: The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings

Source: Capital: The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings

“Compassion begets compassion, cruelty begets cruelty. What we give we will ultimately receive. Nonhumans help make us human. They teach us respect, compassion, and unconditional love. When we mistreat animals, we mistreat ourselves. When we destroy animal spirits and souls, we destroy our own spirits and souls.”

Giving Humans Soul Helping Spirit Animal Compassion Teach Cruelty Unconditional Love Unconditional Begets Mistreat Spirit And Soul Animal Spirits

Author:Marc Bekoff

“Investment bubbles and high animal spirits do not materialize out of thin air. They need extremely favorable economic fundamentals together with free and easy, cheap credit, and they need it for at least two or three years. Importantly, they also need serial pleasant surprises in such critical variables as global GNP growth.”