Clearly, I am not an anarchist. Philosophically, I might be, but I think in practical terms.

Politicians and bureaucrats are no different from the rest of us. They will maximize their incentives just like everybody else.

How would the US be different today if people coming off the boat were greeted with a welfare check instead of a shovel?

Politics is a romantic search for the good and the true and the beautiful.

If politicians get money to spend and don't have to be responsible for taxation, then of course that will bias their attitude toward more spending as opposed to cutting back on spending.

America is perhaps excessively mobile in the sense that there is sometimes not enough stability in communities. Dynamism in the economy is not necessarily the "be all and end all".

If your prayers remain unanswered, start fasting

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

What is it which is bought dearly, offered for nothing, and then most often refused?--Experience, old people's experience.

It was a lot to get used to, especially in warm-ups with the wind all over the place. As the meet went on it steadied out, so I was able to get some good looks to go back and train from.

I'm so respectable I'm getting scared ... I must be doing something wrong.

Now, after divorce with Tom Cruise, I can wear heels.

...and I discovered something: the meaning of my life was whatever I wanted it to be.

Praise in public; criticize in private.

Self worth cannot be verfied by others