It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.

The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves, not for others, . . . the American way.

Kat laughed. 'Who wants to live forever?'Kish put his hand up. 'For the record, I do.'Sin scowled at him. 'Then why do you irritate me so often?'Suicidal tendencies are inherent in my species?

Self-esteem is reliance on ones power to think.

What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?

Flowers are one of the few things we buy, bring home, watch die, and we don't ask for our money back.

Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires.

I really like to cook and have dinner parties and I like to clean, it really clears my head and it makes me feel good to keep my home as a comfortable place.

The definition of a Dark Age is that we no longer remember what we once could do.

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity.

It’s still there, same as it ever was. But we see it differently as we get older.

Home is memory, home is your history, home is where you work. Some people want to abandon it and become truly local. But the questions are all there.