... the smaller the domain where choices among alternatives are made collectively, the smaller will be the probability that any individual's preference gets overruled.

In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and commands.

Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.

Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state and private force.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

Some people go to priests others to poetry I to my friends.

There's a freshness to the approach of teen chefs. They're lighthearted, and they're not afraid to take risks.

The best musicians transpose consciousness into sound; painters do the same for color and shape.

With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief.

You know when I think about what I'm doing - what I'm doing and the way I'm doing it is more important to me than any amount of money or anything like that because it's my artistic work.

I came in making choices about how I deploy aesthetics and imagery strategically. It seems to me that's the only legitimate way of making work.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

Sometimes, what is right for you at the beginning of your life is not the right thing for you at the end of your life.

Attitude is everything. It motivates action, which increases productivity and improves morale, which perpetuates a positive attitude.