Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

Socialism is a dead horse.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

The requirement of conspicuous wastefulness is... present as a constraining norm selectively shaping and sustaining our sense of what is beautiful.

How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?

History immortalises both the names of the greats and the tyrants without making a distinction between them.

Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.

Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.

I really don't think records should be made in the manner where you sit and write, and when you're finished writing, you start recording. That just seems conventional and old-fashioned to me.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.

It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.

In your light I learn how to love.

People do not consciously and rationally choose the form of their society. Societies develop through processes of social evolution that are not under rational human control.