The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

Learning to speak is like learning to shoot.

If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.

In times of stress drawing is a way of relieving tension.

I've always wanted to play a soldier and I'd never taken on a character where I'm the happy-go-lucky protagonist. I've played a lot of jerks recently.

Don't think that you can just rely on natural talent because there are going to be times when you get a little tired and that's when your skills come into play to help you make look easy.

If you look at any movement Hip Hop would be the most influential in the last maybe 15, 20 years.

It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not

Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.

Samuelson, however, hedged his personal bets - by putting some of his own money in Berkshire Hathaway.