The invisible hand never picks up the check.

That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.

It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.

Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.

Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.

Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.

The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening.

We are here to inscribe ourselves on the universe, and it is not inappropriate to remind ourselves of this when blank slates are given us.

First you fall in love with Antarctica, and then it breaks your heart.

An excess of reason is itself a form of madness

The minimum that most minimalists want leaves in place just the institutions who protect their interests. That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.

I never knew anybody, anywhere I have been, who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details, the way a planet looks smooth, from orbit.

Every child grows up thinking their father is a hero or villain until they are old enough to realize that he is just a man

The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, but for the man who receives it, it's chiseled in bronze.

The idea of public reason isn't about the right answers to all these questions, but about the kinds of reasons that they ought to be answered by.

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that I didn't want to read. I was inventing books that I didn't want to read.

The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.

I found real fulfillment through my children and through adopting special needs kids.

Jobs follow people. People don't follow jobs.

The fundamental grey which differentiates the masters, expresses them and is the soul of all colour.

I loved Harry Truman with all my heart and soul.