Quotes

There are no solutions, only trade-offs.

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are more important than values.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular opinion.

Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre.

Learn to differentiate between busy and productive.

People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.