No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food.

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.

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.

The only places where American medicine can fully live up to its possibilities are the teaching hospitals.

I am a mechanical techie. I can build things with my hands.

I'm like a junkie for writing.

Anytime I was challenged and told I couldn't do something, I would absolutely have to prove the opposite. And I did.

I want to do more independent film. I'm blessed to be working on really quality episodic television, which to me actually feels like a sort of 13-hour film.

The hatched chick cannot go back to the shell, the falcon who has found the sky does not willingly sit the nest.

Different shades of life make the painting more beautiful.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Things are only impossible until somebody does what another believes can't be done.