Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.

The trick to taking the paper off the crayons...is to just do it. There is no trick.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

The biggest life change any man would ever experience was the ending of it.

The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.

The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.

All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots.

You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that.

To study history is to study literature.

I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.

Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.