Competition-ruthless, unforgiving, to-the-death competition-is a crucial feature of capitalism.

Like a forensic accountant trying to solve a corporate fraud, following the trail of money around the circle is a good way to understand what actually happens as capitalism unfolds.

Try this: say the words "global, global, global" aloud several times, as fast as you can. You'll find yourself sounding like a turkey ("gobble, gobble, gobble").

Economics is a social science, not a physical science.

Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either.

We know that investment causes growth. But it is also true that growth causes investment.

Never trust an economist with your job. Learn about economics yourself. And make up your own mind about what might protect your job - and what might destroy it.

The problem is not scarcity; the problem is power.

Indeed, if communist central planners could have organized the economy with as much detail, precision, and flexibility as a modern-day Toyota or Wal-Mart, communism would probably still exist.

Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.

Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists.

‎"With each experience we grow and become more aware of the inner beauty that lies within us. Ultimately we are truly our own leader. We lead the connection and flow of life that is our inheritance.

It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.

When you're on the subway in New York, people literally could be 11-inches away from you, and you can't just stare at them.

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

Every bad feeling is potential energy toward a more right way of being if you give it space to move toward its rightness

My art flatters nobody by imitation, it courts nobody by smoothness, nobody by petitelieness without either fal-de-lal or fiddle-de-dee; how then can I hope to be popular?

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms.

Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.

One minute it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle, the next, no one wanted me.