Hayek, in my view, is the leading economic thinker of the 20th century.

After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.

After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.

I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.

Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness.

I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.

Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.

It is hard to stop a hopeful soul from the pursuit of passion.

They say the eyes are the apertures to the soul. If that is so, I feared Locusta's soul was far darker than even Nero's.

Mental Slavery remains the biggest form of oppression till this day. New insights or ideas is what shines freedom from such an oppression.

People enjoy making fun of people who are famous they love putting people down.

An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

...Because what's the meaning of doing dishes if you're not driven by something beyond necessity.

I believe in the separation of church and planet.

He added that a Frenchman in the train had given him a great sandwich that so stank of garlic that he had been inclined to throw it at the fellow's head.

But there are a number of attitudes that should not be emotionally or psychologically ingested by young people.