It is impossible to manage the health care requirements of tens of millions of American citizens at the federal level. It is impossible to manage all of the permutations of people's economic aspirations and lives through a complex tax code. It is impossible to try to second-guess the market. It is impossible, from a managerial standpoint, for the federal government to do the things it is trying to do today.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.

There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.

Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.

A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal.

A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.