It is the greatest folly of which a man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil to plan out a new social world.

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.

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

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.

Today is sacred - for it will never come again. What could be more important than living this day with attention and the intention to be of benefit, to the best of your ability, to all you encounter?

Please stop sniffing the robot boy, Noemi tells herself, jerking out of the trance.

Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds?

All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head.

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

You can't be wrong in journalism. Take a wrong turn in journalism, and you are writing fiction. You can take a wrong turn in poetry, and something wonderful can happen.

I think friendships are a lot more valuable than one job. If you're going to let it ruin that, then that's stupid.

I have always believed in standing up for what I believe in and I believe that everyone deserves the right to love whoever they love no matter who they are.

It is very difficult, it is perhaps impossible, for someone who loves his mother to love the woman whom your father left her for.

In sharp contrasts to traditional art, modern art does not hide the fact that it is something made and produced: on the contrary, it underscores the fact.