Thorstein Bunde Veblen (July 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929) was an American economist and sociologist who, during his lifetime, emerged as a well-known critic of capitalism.
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.