When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind.

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.

I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches.

I loved music. I played the piano. However I knew there was no way I could have successfully competed in that environment.

When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.

I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.

Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force ... except occasionally.

I am just a refugee from the long slow toothache of English life. It is terrible to love life so much you can hardly breathe!

The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.

Throw your hands up in the air and celebrate life.