John Maynard Keynes Quotes

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

Worldly wisdom teaches it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally

There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others

Ideas shape the course of history

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones

The important thing for government is not to do things which individuals are doing already and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all

Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid

My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone