The marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their own individual success.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

The next day I received a phone call from Mr. Pride which began, “So, I heard you won Ho of the Year.” Well when you put it like that it didn’t sound like such an accomplishment.

His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service.

It is as important to monitor your mind constantly as it is to sit down and practice meditation.

He is clearly bookish. I did not follow a single word of their conversation at dinner last night, not one jot of it. He must be bookish.

I got my red dress on tonight Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight Done my hair up real big beauty queen style High heels off, I'm feeling alive

You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.

I want people to understand that design is so much more than cute chairs - that it is first and foremost everything that is around us in our life.

By nature, I am an experimentalist. I don't believe much in accomplishment.

Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great.

The crime fiction genre offers the writer infinite diversity of theme and treatment.