We should always bear in mind that numbers represent a simplification of reality.

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.

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 future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded.

She turned back to the rest of us. "They've taken it all, " she said. "They've taken every last good thing in the world."Then she swung the door wide. "Now go and show them your answer.

there are men who are ancient and determined enemies of the Church of Rome who live in perpetual hope of its destruction

Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame.

We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.

Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written by many hands in different ages.

Everybody puts importance in money on a film set.

No matter how unappealing, each of them imagines he is somehow worthy.

All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.

I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds.