If God had meant there to be more than two factors of production, He would have made it easier for us to draw three-dimension al diagrams.

You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.

There is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You have to grope your way

But part of the job of economics is weeding out errors. That is much harder than making them, but also more fun.

The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources, so exhaustion is just an event, not a catastrophe.

Computers show up everywhere except the growth statistics.

The fact that there is no such thing as a perfect anti-sepsis does not mean that one might as well do brain surgery in a sewer.

Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?

The key thing about wealth in a capitalist economy is that it reproduces itself and usually earns a positive net return.

Poverty must be erased by hard work.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

I was indicted on two federal conspiracies. My wife was on the Ten Most Wanted list. That's what fascism was going to look like. That's what it did look like.

In New York you've got to have all the luck.

I sound like a damn commercial, but half the crap in this house is from Wal-mart. The big deal about Wal-mart is that its open 24 hours.

Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]

The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude.

Examine the platforms of both parties. Examine the character of both parties. Get down on your knees. Say, Lord, help me make this decision. And then go vote.

I have no confidence in any religion that can be demonstrated only to children.