If you put two economists xin a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

It would take a while before the postmodern Narcissus perceived the ruins of society behind the emptiness of his mirror.

Has what you do for God become more important to you than the Lord Himself?

Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.

I think remixes give songs more life.

I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.

I fell in love with magic acts and bridged into that.

You can't hate somebody for the rest of their lives over one mistake.

I'm just trying to make a good record that my fans will dig.

I was an altar boy, I took catechism classes and religion classes, and I prayed a lot as a child. My family was very religious, and I really experienced God.

I swore that I wouldn't be one of those parents who leaves a Bugaboo pram parked in the communal entry hall. Well guess what, ours is there right now.