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John Maynard Keynes quotes: The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit. The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas. I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future . But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future .
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable. Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft. By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I am trying to re-shape and improve my central position. I am trying to re-shape and improve my central position.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past. I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: When the facts change, I change my mind When the facts change, I change my mind
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information? Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
John Maynard Keynes quotes: A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be. Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I'd rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong. I'd rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I wish I'd drunk more champagne. I wish I'd drunk more champagne.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir? When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
John Maynard Keynes quotes: For my own part, I believe that there is social and psychological justification for significant inequalities of incomes and wealth. For my own part, I believe that there is social and psychological justification for significant inequalities of incomes and wealth.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first. The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead season of our fortunes. In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead season of our fortunes.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Chess is a cure for headaches. Chess is a cure for headaches.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I am myself impressed by the great social advantages of increasing the stock of capital until it ceases to be scarce. I am myself impressed by the great social advantages of increasing the stock of capital until it ceases to be scarce.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do? When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain. It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Perhaps a day might come when there would be at last be enough to go round, and when posterity could enter into the enjoyment of our labors. Perhaps a day might come when there would be at last be enough to go round, and when posterity could enter into the enjoyment of our labors.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed. Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer. All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Investing is an activity of forecasting the yield over the life of the asset; speculation is the activity of forecasting the psychology of the market. Investing is an activity of forecasting the yield over the life of the asset; speculation is the activity of forecasting the psychology of the market.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The insane and irrational springs of wickedness in most men ... The insane and irrational springs of wickedness in most men ...
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older. Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: We will not have any more crashes in our time. We will not have any more crashes in our time.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day. Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The love of money as a possession ... will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity. The love of money as a possession ... will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Men will not always die quietly. Men will not always die quietly.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Like all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women. Like all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: If we aim deliberately at the impoverishment of Central Europe, vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp. If we aim deliberately at the impoverishment of Central Europe, vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance. Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward. Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position. When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The atomic hypothesis which had worked so splendidly in Physics breaks down in Psychics. The atomic hypothesis which had worked so splendidly in Physics breaks down in Psychics.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order. The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others. Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil. It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury. The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all. Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant's profit, we have begun to change our civilization. Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant's profit, we have begun to change our civilization.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always. The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Economics is a very dangerous science. Economics is a very dangerous science.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago. To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated. Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now. Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution. The friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand. Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent. Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I should have drunk more Champagne. I should have drunk more Champagne.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens. I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: With the breakdown of money economy the practice of international barter is becoming prevalent. With the breakdown of money economy the practice of international barter is becoming prevalent.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still. It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It's not bringing in the new ideas that's so hard; it's getting rid of the old ones. It's not bringing in the new ideas that's so hard; it's getting rid of the old ones.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The idea behind stamped money is sound. The idea behind stamped money is sound.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones. The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The Class war will find me on the side of the educated bourgeoisie. The Class war will find me on the side of the educated bourgeoisie.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted. The forces of the nineteenth century have run their course and are exhausted.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has. If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one. Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason. The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong. It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: I can't remember my telephone number, but I know it was in the high numbers. I can't remember my telephone number, but I know it was in the high numbers.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Newton was a judaic monotheist of the school of Maimonides Newton was a judaic monotheist of the school of Maimonides
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges. It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It is investment, i.e. the increased production of material wealth in the shape of capital goods, which alone increases national wealth. It is investment, i.e. the increased production of material wealth in the shape of capital goods, which alone increases national wealth.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own. Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world. There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital. There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion. The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: All the political parties alike have their origins in past ideas and not in new ideas and none more conspicuously so than the Marxists . All the political parties alike have their origins in past ideas and not in new ideas and none more conspicuously so than the Marxists .
John Maynard Keynes quotes: [People] will do the rational thing, but only after exploring all other alternatives. [People] will do the rational thing, but only after exploring all other alternatives.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: A speculator is one who runs risks of which he is aware and an investor is one who runs risks of which he is unaware. A speculator is one who runs risks of which he is aware and an investor is one who runs risks of which he is unaware.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: But whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital. But whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: If you owe your banker a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe your banker a million pounds, he is at your mercy. If you owe your banker a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe your banker a million pounds, he is at your mercy.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, - but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense. The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, - but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world. The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Saving became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth Saving became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking. Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done
John Maynard Keynes quotes: It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity. It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: He had one illusion - France; and one disillusion - mankind, including Frenchmen. He had one illusion - France; and one disillusion - mankind, including Frenchmen.
John Maynard Keynes quotes: Economic privation proceeds by easy stages, and so long as men suffer it patiently the outside world cares little. Economic privation proceeds by easy stages, and so long as men suffer it patiently the outside world cares little.

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