Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Veblen US economist & social philosopher (1857 - 1929)


Thorstein Veblen -
- No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive.

Thorstein Veblen -
- The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.

Thorstein Veblen - Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)
- Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Thorstein Veblen -
- No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive.

Thorstein Veblen -
- Invention is the mother of necessity.