Much of the profession is empirically bankrupt because it is no longer taught economic history.

The propensity to swindle grows parallel with the propensity to speculate during a boom the implosion of an asset price bubble always leads to the discovery of frauds and swindles

There is nothing so disturbing to one's well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich

The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.

I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure beat dying for absolutely nothing in the Viet Nam War.

Silence gives you freedom to talk with yourself fearlessly

The joy of knowing a foreign language is inexpressible. I find it really difficult to express such joy in my mother tongue.

Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!

Only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses. Nobody, not even the rain has such small hands.

The old are in a second childhood.

All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man.

It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity.

I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.

If he ever had a bright idea it would be beginner's luck.