A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.

If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

When you are angry, do not speak, but close your eyes. You can regain your inner peace with a word of prayer.

Do not be weary to make money.

Nothing will replace good journalism.

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.

I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.

I always wanted to teach.

A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.

Anything that propels me to create, like [my book, Straight Walk]. It kept me inspired for almost four years.

No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.