[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there?

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.

the illusion that power lies within the hands of the common man is more important than legitimate efficiency within the government.

She is a beautiful creature, but beauty doesn't equal good and it certainly doesn't equal sane.

I'm not afraid to spend money on the R&D that's really going to move us to a cleaner energy source that I think is so much the answer to the issues of environmental responsibility and climate change.

When I am most deeply rooted, I feel the wildest desire to uproot myself.

The obstacle became his alibi for weakness.

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.

We're confident about a turnaround, but the timing is clearly later.

An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long.

O father, father Gone from us, lost to us, The church lies bereft, Alone, Desecrated, desolated. And the heathen shall build On the ruins Their world without God. I see it. I see it.