The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.

The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much as, or more than, hands or mouths.

We now have in our hands—really, in our libraries—the technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next seven billion years.

The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.

Human beings create more than they destroy.

The increase in the world's population represents our victory over death.

All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through even a small fraction of the topics that we come across.

Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth.

Unity is the intentional inclination to corporately control our destination. In other words, achieving the dream takes a team!

Sometimes it doesn't matter "what you're doing?", the thing only matter is "At least you're doing something than doing nothing

Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place

I don't have a stack of scripts...

Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue

If we have understanding, we can oversee the resources God entrusted to our care. And the wiser we are, the more effective we will be as stewards.

That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.

For the fundamentalist who wants to believe every word of the Bible, however, life is a house of cards, with each card a tenet of faith. If you remove one card, the entire house collapses.

Don't you realize it's the doing that often gets us into trouble? It's not the doing that makes God happy. It's not about what we've done...it's about what been done for us.