Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race
There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.
Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about.
There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.
You read [Bill ] Maher's book, and he didn't take Econ 101. All his arguments about gasoline, it's not that they're right or wrong - they're just not informed.
The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.
I love finding new things. I love the conceptual aspect of Antony Hegarty or the voices of those back in the day like Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, Ciara. I love what evokes emotion in me.
But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference. " Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn't act, it allows. And that's what gives it so much power.
For we cannot adequately understand 'man' as an isolated biological creature, as a bundle of reflexes or a set of instincts, as an 'intelligible field' or a system in and of itself. Whatever else he may be, man is a social and an historical actor who must be understood, if at all, in close and intricate interplay with social and historical structures