I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.

The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable.

David Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.

A handful of people who probably never even ran a small business actually think they can reinvent the health care system.

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

There's no business that's too small for government to torture

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.

When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger.

Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions

We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers.

If you are afraid to fail, then you are afraid to succeed. You can never succeed of you have not failed.

Holding on to positive thoughts and beliefs is your only guarantee to a happy life.

Water is one of the least understood aspects of biology.

O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.

[Working with Meryl Streep] I just felt like I was shaving years off my discovery as an actress to realize, "Okay, that's what this feels like."

Successful people do what others know they should do but will not. To become a success, or just be more successful, you will do what average, less-motivated people will not.

[...] each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.

You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.