John Maynard Keynes

“The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.”

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

“The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.”

“In the long run we are all dead.”

“Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.”

“There is no harm in being sometimes wrong - especially if one is promptly found out.”

“Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.”

“It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.”