Conventional wisdom in Galbraith's view must be simple, convenient, comfortable and comforting - though not necessarily true.

For emotion is the enemy of rational argument.

A woman's income appeal is a bell-shaped curve: men do not want to date low-earning women, but once a woman starts earning too much, they seem to be scared off.

There are three basic flavours of incentive: economic, social and moral.

Is distinctive black culture the cause of economic disparity between whites and blacks or merely the reflection of it?

An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn't get much attention.

When moral posturing is replaced by an honest assessment of the data, the result is often a new, surprising insight.

Journalists need experts as badly as experts need journalists.

The unearthly arrogance of the nonexistence.

Hunter and hunted. There are so many ways in which a man can destroy a woman.” Her handmaid sighed. “When it comes to matters of the heart, immortals know nothing.

when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.

We are confronted by the appearance of social institutions unintentionally created, vital for the welfare of society, which are not the result of reasoned planning

Screw the Silent Brothers." "No thanks. There's strong and silent, and then there's just freaky." "Isabelle!

The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read.

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

The world is a big place," he said, "but so is the inside of an apartment!

The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might have come later, that kind of reaction to the boringness of fashion.

Sydney: Ever had that happen? Once you can’t have something, you want it that much more.” Adrian: “Yes. It happens all the time.