When a tree, a natural product, is felled, is society put into possession of no greater produce than that of the mere labour of the woodman?

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.

Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell.

Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part.

Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.

America today is a confused society, caught up in a terror war, a culture war, and a media war, where honesty and professional standards have vanished.

Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good now, and just as true, as when it was first written.

You're supposed to eat the cows. They're great big lumbering stupid things - they'd be everywhere if we didn't eat them.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.

I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.

If I’ve already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist.