The tendency of taxation is, to create a class of persons, who do not labour: to take from those who do labour the produce of that labour, and to give it to those who do not labour.

You never know what you can do till you try.

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

If you enslave me with fake money, and I realize enslavement is fake. Its in your best interest to set me free!

[T]he category of 'consumer' is now a temporary behavior rather than a permanent identity.

I wish to state emphatically that I do not believe in any sort of handwork or manipulation on a photographic negative or print.

It is one thing to do your dance on a beach and quite another to collaborate intimately with the sand.

Human society is based on want. Life is based on want. Wild-eyed visionaries may dream of a world without need. Cloud-cuckoo-land. It can't be done.

Man's dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate.

Any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most.

My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.

A big hit is all part of the game. If you want to make a lot of big hits, you forget about the one you just made and move onto the next one.

Every guy looks in his pocket and then votes.