But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so?

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield.

The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth.

Supply creates its own demand.

One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.

Nothing is more dangerous in practice, than an obstinate, unbending adherence to a system, particularly in its application to the wants and errors of mankind.

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.

I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.

Capital in the hands of a national government forms a part of the gross national capital.

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown....To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three.

The past is for learning from and letting go. You can't revisit it. It vanishes.

When you are ready to travel, everything is straight in your path, but when you planning to travel you will face only hurdles.

I'm an F-18, bro, and I will destroy you in the air and deploy my ordnance to the ground.

I went jogging up on Mulholland. In the middle of my run I had some form of asthma attack and couldn't even walk. I couldn't get a ride one block to my house. I thought I was going to die.

I smoke till I got chest pains

My father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk. I didn't know his heart was broken, and not another word was spoken.

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism.

I don't have a nanny or a housekeeper, and I only have a cleaner for one hour each week. I finish work and go home. I cook the dinner. I run into Tesco and do the housework in the evening.