All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed. In the absence of new developments, old ones may seem very impressive for quite a long while.

The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.

No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food.

Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.

The power of the corporate bureaucracy - the power of technostructure (a term that did not take off) - is something to which I still adhere.

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.