Thorstein Veblen Quotes and its meanings

What does Thorstein Veblen write about?

Thorstein Veblen has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about nature, respect, sports & strength. People always share Nature quotes, Respect quotes, sports & strength from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by Thorstein Veblen?

Here are the top most famous quotes by Thorstein Veblen.

• The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.
• Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.
• The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.