American authors or scientists are prone to consider the wealthy businessman as a barbarian, as a man exclusively intent upon making money.

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

The easiest mistake to make is to lose sight of your goal. Failure is temporary, but quitting is permanent. Choose wisely.

The fastest way to get lost is to go on a guilt trip!

Twilight and evening bell And after that the dark.

Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.

Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.

I believe - deeply and profoundly - that speculation is a loser's game.

My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.

the person talking to you never looks directly at you, but rather around the room, searching for the answer to the universal cocktail party question, 'Who's here tonight?

There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah.

It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience to hear what other people hear.