The quantity of money, which is readily parted with to obtain a thing is called its price.

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield.

The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth.

Supply creates its own demand.

One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.

Nothing is more dangerous in practice, than an obstinate, unbending adherence to a system, particularly in its application to the wants and errors of mankind.

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.

I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.

Capital in the hands of a national government forms a part of the gross national capital.

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

A person who knows nothing about literature may be an ignoramus, but many people don't mind being that.

Have you spent so much time in the darkness that you cannot understand the light?

We have been taught to "just eat a balanced diet." We have been taught wrong. The truth is natural healing works.

There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film.

English sense has toiled, but Hindoo wisdom never perspired.

I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get a story out there.

We cannot simultaneously fight terrorism, we and our allies, while with the other hand we fund terrorism, arm terrorism and train terrorism.

Take away what we love, wed all be Joe Paterno.

I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up.

The Ironman World Championship is the hardest race I've competed in. Not only do the elements (heat, wind, humidity) make it grueling, but the quality of the field makes it a true test.