Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.

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.

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.

When any man accumulates more than he can earn with his own hands, he begins to enrich himself at the expense of the youth, the sweat, the blood, the joy of his fellow men.

Let us start a new religion with one commandment, "Enjoy thyself.

Today, rather than looking for the worst in people, I encourage you to look for what's best within them.

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

Modo, et modo, non habebent modum. By-and-by has no end.

I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a single script is hard.

Anything that has low certainty or has a lot of impact should be tested early.