Aid is the process by which the poor in rich countries subsidize the rich in poor countries.

For every new mouth to feed, there are two hands to produce.

The suspicion and antagonism of academics, clerics and intellectuals towards the market... go hand in hand with their disdain for the preference and habits of ordinary people.

Far from the West having caused the poverty in the Third World, contact with the West has been the principal agent of material progress there.

Happiness is wanting what you have.

The broken spine of the book shows the webbing of binder's string, and my fingers have worn white spots in the cover.

My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.

I love Hot Fudge Sundaes; I could die for Hot Fudge Sundaes.

As for being on Twitter, I enjoy it tremendously, and it is wonderfully overwhelming to see people not just digging it and liking it.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Don't go to bed with any woman crazier than you are.

If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because it pretty much is.

I listen to zero pop music, which is really weird from someone who makes pop music.

Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition