Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.

The man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently ... stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron

It's easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.

(Walls) show that politicians have reached the end of their ideas about what to do about a difficult situation with a neighbor. ... They can't think what else to do.

In the early stages of wealth, up to 10 years after individuals became very rich, they display a bit of reluctance to spend money. It's a lot easier rationalizing spending a lot for a house.

Tell him to go to hell.

I am a complete, mature, self-sufficient being.

Bring on the people you want me to love, the situations you want me to take on, and the lessons you want me to learn.

I love you as the moon loves the night.

DeYtH Banger is a character, who is famous because of me, who is created by me and who lives by me...

When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds.

To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life.

A developed country isn’t a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.

In every picture there should be shade as well as light.

It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality.

I don't really know that anybody's proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value.

It is increasingly important to be open-minded.