Fascism is [...] arbitrary rule by a charismatic head of state.

The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything, because it amounts to nothing less than outright extortion, a gross violation of human liberty.

It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved

Politicians are leeches, mostly.

If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.

I didn't know much about computers. I still worked on a manual Olivetti typewriter.

Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.

I often use humor as a tool in my writing, and sometimes that works and sometimes it sits alone just as a funny line.

I've heard doctors say that before the crisis hits, people don't want prolonged measures, but then in the middle of the crisis they want everything.

If you think of all the publicity about the terrible tragedy of Virginia Tech, we have a Virginia Tech in this country every day. It's just spread across 50 states.

Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.

But anyone who has been that young knows that the great grief of love is that your body feels the most when it knows the least.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

Accounting is the language of business.