The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.

If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

When you are able to find your peace of mind, you will fill your world with peace.

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

It's always been the children who have saved the universe from the previous generation and remade the universe in their own image.

A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations.

The best way to know any future is to cause one.

Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.

Those whom you can make like themselves better will, I promise you, like you very well.

Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here.

Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.

You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.