It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become - of all things - Wall Street's own slogan.

But of course you can have your cake and eat it, too - if you decide to to bake a second cake. And you may well find that baking two cakes does not take twice the work of baking one.

The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth.

As a scholarly discipline, economics has always suffered from physics envy.

When laissez-faire creates instability, the move to a freer market can be something less than pure gain.

In a world where technology and capital are highly transferable, there is a real risk that comparative advantage comes to be defined as whose labor force will work for the lowest wage.

If social security depresses savings rates, it is only because it is unfunded.

Henry Ford, in a sense, was the first Keynesian. He paid his assembly workers high wages so they could afford to buy his cars.

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is "efficient" for the shelter industry, not for the economy.

In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck - good or bad.

What do you call an economist with a prediction? Wrong.

… but I believe the divine ones will send other great masters to preach the truth to mankind, and that mankind will always receive them with the cross and the fire and the stones

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.

I never think there's any competition between films. I root for everybody's films. I especially have a fond place in my heart for graphic novels and comics.

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.

For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It's an accessory.

If the gospel be not preached, Jesus Christ is, as it were, buried.

The best news the World has ever heard came from a graveyard - Christ is risen!

There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.