Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

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 beagle and the kobold approached, walking out of the dusty distance.

War is the worst way of gathering knowledge about a foreign culture.

My silence is my self-defence.

I die adoring God loving my friends not hating my enemies and detesting superstition.

I love listening to music on holiday, and back in the old days, I used to travel with cassette tapes and a boombox.

Life lives only in success.

There's nothing I'd really rather do, or can do, except cook.

Don't think what's the cheapest way to do it or what's the fastest way to do it. Think what's the most amazing way to do it.

My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win.

My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man That function is smothered in surmise, And nothing is but what is not.