[The loss-of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

A world of unseen dictatorship is conceivable, still using the forms of democratic government.

Economics has been incurably growth-oriented and addicted to everybody growing richer, even at the cost of exhaustion of resources and pollution of the environment.

Equilibrium is a figment of the human imagination.

Theories without facts may be barren, but facts without theories are meaningless.

We should always bear in mind that numbers represent a simplification of reality.

DNA has been aptly described as the first three-dimensional Xerox machine.

The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they affect decisions.

If we saw tomorrow's newspaper today, tomorrow would never happen.

There is no such thing as economics, only social science applied to economic problems.

Commit to the lifestyle of investing in you first. It always produces the best return.

To put in the effort needed to create the life of your dreams, you first need to develop a burning desire.

What other thing, Eve?""I love you. Sometimes it makes my stomach hurt, but I kind of like it. Tired now, come to bed. Love you.

Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.

Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription.

We all owe life a death, an inevitable death which we can meet. But the unnecessary death that wastes life denies all consolation.

I am disappointed, but I am realistic too. When you put your defense back on the field repeatedly, the offense needs to do its job and the defense needs to get itself off the field.

If life can end in one minute - so damn quickly with no damn warning - you better do what you want to do now right this minute. Because your next minute might not happen.

I'm very moved and very excited. And it just seems to me here are houses and trees and streets that feel so different from New York. I feel very attached to London; I love it.

People say I look younger than the music I'm doing just because the songs are older. Hopefully I can keep my youthful look!