Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)

• Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

• Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

• Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

• You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.

• Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

• If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.