Newton was not the first of the age of reason, he was the last of the magicians.

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.

If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?

Vigilance enables wisdom and is the key to freewill

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

Kissing you is terrifying, breathing your same air makes my knees weak, when I’m around you it’s a tie between wanting to chase you down – or just kiss you until you can’t breathe.

So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible.

Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality.

Those who do not love life do not deserve it.

I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.

Why do scuba divers fall backwards off a boat? Because if they fell forwards they'd still be in the boat.

Music lives and breathes to tell us who we are and what we face. It is a path between ourselves and the infinite.