A Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

People are the common denominator of progress; no improvement is possible with unimproved people.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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John Kenneth Galbraith
American - Economist
October 15, 1908 - April 29, 2006

People are the common denominator of progress. So no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads, railroads, power plants, mills,and the other familiar furniture of economic development. But we are coming to realize that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Writing for TV or films isn't great art. You have to have a common denominator. It's up to the composer to make that common denominator memorable.

Henry Mancini

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

Jenna Elfman

Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.

Adrian Tchaikovsky

People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.

Nalini Nadkarni

Food is a common denominator for all people.

Guy Fieri

Love is the common denominator that unites all people whatever religion they are.

Rumi

The one common denominator of all successful people is their hunger to push through their fears.

Tony Robbins

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common denominator with the characters that I play.

Sarah Lancashire

Some people say Larry the Cable Guy's only successful because he's pandering to the lowest common denominator, blatantly and not ironically exploiting people's racist and homophobic tendencies. Don't listen to these people, Larry. They're just bitter and jealous and right.

Greg Giraldo

We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.

Charles Dance

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

Frank Spotnitz

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.

Alice Walker

The more I talk to people who are at a place I'd like to be at, whether its music or writing, or being a doctor or entrepreneur, sometimes you get lucky, and right away something happens. But for most people, the common denominator of success is just working really hard.

K. Flay

The people of NSW should not continue to be held hostage to a lowest common denominator approach that privileges the parochial interests of small populations.