The aesthetic serviceability of objects of beauty is not greatly nor universally heightened by possession.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

Socialism is a dead horse.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

... You can only properly oppress people through a stability bordering on stagnation.

I think that I've been trying for a long time to feel like I am supposed to, instead of what I actually am.

The Russians have fixed world chess.

You've got this piece of wood and some wires, pickups and some strings. How somebody uses that configuration to make something memorable, that's what's interesting to me.

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renée Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.

You know, I hear all these things about women's rights.

I am firmly convinced that you shouldn't necessarily emphasize hedonism, especially at the beginning of a career, but should instead focus entirely on performance.

When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.

Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking; it comes from your knees and thighs.