One blames politicians, not for inconsistency but for obstinacy. They are the interpreters, not the masters, of our fate. It is their job, in fact, to register the fact accompli.

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.

If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

Oh thee! Lets ignite the fire of love

There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

It is not selfish or narcissistic to love yourself. It is your first and foremost responsibility.

Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

It will rain all this night and we will sleep transfixed by the dark water as our blood runs through our fragile life.

When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.