"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 "We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much." "Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." "Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." More In Wisdom "Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame."― Abbott L. Lowell "I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out."― Josh Brolin "In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don’t let your eyes deceive you."― Janet Jackson