Change is inevitable; but progress depends on what we do with that change.

Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.

A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.

Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises.

The most creative approach is often the simple approach.

When something becomes hard to think about, people transfer the discomfort of the thought, to the object of their thinking.

I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.

The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.

The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.

I do everything myself, from engine start to engine shutdown. In a war, I will face alone the missiles and the flak and the small-arms fire over the front lines. If I die, I will die alone.

A plan that everyone dislikes for different reasons is a success. A plan everyone dislikes for the same reason is a failure. A plan that everyone likes for the same reason is an act of God!

I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.

In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.