"The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events." ― John Kenneth Galbraith Topic(s): Wisdom More From John Kenneth Galbraith "In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes." "The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled." "Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists." More In Wisdom "The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It’s the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It’s very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It’s in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it."― Tom Petty "It was funny actually because that was still during the time we were dating. He would get all these calls because supposedly before we broke up, we had already broken up in the trades, in the rags or whatever."― Rosario Dawson "Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life."― George Arliss