One of the first and most difficult steps in a science is to conceive clearly the nature of the magnitudes about which we are arguing.

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of, while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.

A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.

Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.

The difficulties of economics are mainly the difficulties of conceiving clearly and fully the conditions of utility.

we often observe that there is abundance of capital to be had at low rates of interest, while there are also large numbers of artisans starving for want of employment.

As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing.

Logic should no longer be considered an elegant and learned accomplishment; it should take its place as an indispensable study for every well-informed person.

The theory which follows is entirely based on a calculus of pleasure and pain; and the object of economics is to maximize happiness by purchasing pleasure, as it were, at the lowest cost of pain.

but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.

A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish.

What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

Men. You can't live with them, you can't... no. That's about it.

Darkness is a place that encourages us to seek light.

Which was worse, telling a person you loved them when you didn’t mean it? Or loving them and never telling them at all?

That her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out

Today's public education system is a failed monopoly: bureaucratic, rigid and in unsteady control of dissatisfied captive markets.

Surviving a tough situation means staying in the fight and maintaining a warrior's mindset.

The hardest work of all - doing nothing.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

The Kraken stirs. And ten billion sushi dinners cry out for vengeance.