Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding at

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention but it has no persuasive value at all.

Author: John Kenneth Galbraith

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Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

War remains the decisive human failure.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you’ll gradually get used to it.