If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

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.

What is it?”“You have to promise you'll never leave me.”“Okay.”Jordan grinned, delighted at her easy agreement.

Trying to change someone to suit your desires is a setup for disappointment.

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you only nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big.

The egg is white though the hen is black as coal...Out of evil comes good, through the great goodness of God.

Thank Fate for foes! I hold mine dear As valued friends. He cannot know The zest of life who runneth here His earthly race without a foe.

A tram cannot discover every road! To discover every road, one must leave the predetermined roads!

Specialisation paralyses, ultra-specialisation kills. Palaeontology is littered with such catastrophes.

The truth is that money doesn't make you rich; knowledge does.

The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching.