It is something of a miracle that individual selfish decisions (in a market economy) must lead to a collectively efficient outcome.

Most of economics can be summarized in four words: 'People respond to incentives.' The rest is commentary.

Economic policies command bipartisan support only when they're incoherent.

A man's final query is determined by how well he acts under pressure. If man can control his demeanor under extreme stress, he will be judged in a positive way.

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.

As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.

It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.

I'd rather win a pennant than an Academy Award

The Catholic Church with its foreshortened American history and tangled puritanical roots was as inviolate to my mother and father as it was to the last-ditch aristocrats of Evelyn Waugh.

I support the work of the NRA, but disagree sometimes.

We have more than we use.

I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.

Be grateful for every word you can cut.