There is only one social responsibility of business

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.

What if the only resolution you made was to love yourself more?

I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

The prevalence of mental illness compels me to give it - and the people suffering from it - a voice.

I'm a low-tech man in a high-tech world.

Being a scientist is like being an explorer. You have this immense curiosity, this stubbornness, this resolute will that you will go forward no matter what other people say.

My Get Up and Go Has Not Got Up and Went!

When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.