Blake Macdonald

“There is the possibility, even the likelihood, of self-approving and extravagantly error-prone behavior on the part of those closely associated with money.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith, A Short History of Financial Euphoria

“The basic speculative impulse, which is to believe whatever best serves the good fortune you are experiencing.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith, A Short History of Financial Euphoria

“Maybe that's what intimacy was... A sense of dread at what could go wrong, a stifling of fear, a baring of the vulnerable self to the judgement of someone else. The jagged edge of one soul meeting another, tearing and rending, a connection and a diminishment both. All that imperfection, all that friction - it wore down the tread, expanding rather than preserving.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, Prodigal Son

“Speculation buys up, in a very practical way, the intelligence of those involved.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith, A Short History of Financial Euphoria