The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt.

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.

If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It's all about light and shade. Balance.

It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence

I shall never complain of the tedium of the city again.

CAFE is like trying to cure obesity by requiring clothing manufacturers to make smaller sizes.

42 is a nice number that you can take home and introduce to your family.

The atomic bombs will surely shorten the war, and let us hope that they will effectively end war as a possibility in human affairs.

I'm not big on reading business books. I get copies of all of them, because people want me to put a comment on the jacket. Every once in a while, I'll get interested and read one all the way through.

If you are not happy with the song, don't sing it. Simple as that - no-one forces you to do it.

The city is all right. To live in one Is to be civilized, stay up and read Or sing and dance all night and see sunrise By waiting up instead of getting up.

How did we ever get the idea that God would supply us on demand with quick fixes, that God is merely a rescuer and not a midwife?