If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life.

Avoid and ignore the idiots who try to bring you down in life

Happiness held is the seed

Curiosity lies in a hidden corner of the scientific mind.

It's easy to respect a general, but it's hard to love them.

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

My daily schedule is quite hectic, but I have to put my health first in order to be the best mom and wife I can be.

The best way to help those who are behind you is to heed those before you.

All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it.

Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not a member of our own species.

Once is sometimes enough and once is sometimes necessary.