The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment of religion, but an iron law of evolution.

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.

Never believe all that you hear.Always verify the original source of information.

And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the child within me.

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.

Even in front of nature one must compose.

If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.

Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever.

I aint a drinker Im a thinker, call it what you want

Freedom is based on truth, and no man is completely free as long as any part of his belief is based on error.

This bill reminds me of the tactics of the former Soviet Union - and we know how successful that was.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.