The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

How dare you come into my home? And hurt my family? I ought to tear your throat out right here, right now!

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Flying in space is a privilege, whether it's the first time or the fourth time.

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers, ' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!'

You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your journey forward.

People will speculate about what they want, but that is not my intention.

Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!

The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions.

I am not enough to be only in the mountains, not enough to be on an expedition. I believe that if the walks uphill, then with some goal, and that goal is to climb to the top.

I don't write poetry for the New Yorker. My poems appear in the Nation, mostly.