Liberty should be understood as freedom from the government, specifically, freedom from the initiation of physical force by the government.

Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

Whoever claims that economic competition represents survival of the fittest in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.

The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.

Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety.

Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.

We recognize authority based on whether we feel we could attain authority by the rules by which the authority was obtained.

I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.

Proofs are to mathematics what spelling (or even calligraphy) is to poetry. Mathematical works do consist of proofs, just as poems do consist of words.

I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple.

The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists. Can you imagine a Beethoven making $100, 000 a year?

Without fake tan I have the skin tones of a dead jellyfish.

Merengue is a fast rhythm, you know, and danceable. Bachata is like a slow, romantic Caribbean bolero.

I don't worry about what my opponent is doing.

Music is not a commodity, it's a resource.

I think less is more in terms of makeup in general.