The requirement of conspicuous wastefulness is... present as a constraining norm selectively shaping and sustaining our sense of what is beautiful.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

Socialism is a dead horse.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.

The more emotional you are in a situation, the more memories you’ll have of that situation in the long run.

I am the rain, when I'm on math I make the day horrible that's why the day is horrible, that's why I don't go outside.

What we play is life.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians

Everyone who got where he is started where he was.

I'd always walk my girlfriend home, i'm too protective!

What was I drinking last night? Furniture polish?

I was looking for something to love, for I was in love with loving, and I hated security and a smooth way, free from snares.