The privileged have regularly invited their own destruction with their greed.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.

Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.

It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.

Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilization may be carried triumphantly forward.

As if the night had said to me, ‘You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms’ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace.

It’s become clear that our gadgets give us ever more freedom to do anything our socially isolated little hearts desire—except stop using them.

Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it.

I cotton to the idea that people are much closer to being flawed; they have problems and dont always make the right choices.

I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.

Music before all else, and for that choose the irregular, which is vaguer and melts better into the air.

Love for children is the enormous untapped power that can wake us up to the profound changes we need to make if we’re to have a future worth living.