I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.

If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

John raised an eyebrow. “So you wouldn’t date someone like you?”“Oh, hell, no. I’m insane, but that would be nuts.

Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.

I also love horseback riding in New Jersey.

I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't sound very hot to me.

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

Walking does good to the fat and giving alms does good to the sinners; these both make one feel lighter!

I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.

My eyes make pictures when they are shut.

One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.

I don't have problems with nobody, period.