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Thorstein Veblen Quotes

Thorstein Veblen quotes

American Economist July 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929

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The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel, weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is..."
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes. Thorstein Veblen
Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister. Thorstein Veblen
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks..."
The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of..."
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "Invention is the mother of necessity."
Invention is the mother of necessity. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the..."
In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. Thorstein Veblen
In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our..."
The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain,..."
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to..."
All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage. Thorstein Veblen
Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress. Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen quote: "The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two..."
The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. Thorstein Veblen

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