capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature.

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.

Your spirit is strong enough to survive any situation.

the prospect of beginning a third- act career scared me almost as much as it attracted me.

Kids all want to look cool, as if knowledge is a great burden, but they're always looking around. They remember.

You don't know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don't have a child, you don't know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever.

Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It's expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end.

Uggs can be as chic as heels for women.

It can take years to earn respect, but it only takes one day to lose it.

I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.

I like to relish words and sentences, and phraseology, and there's not much facility for that [playing Maigret].

Oh, are we at the insult part of the breakup?" she says. "Because I got in a lot of practice after what happened with Will. I have several choice things to say about her nose.