I begin with the renaming of the system. It used to be capitalism. But that evokes [Karl] Marx and [John] Rockefeller. So now we speak of the market system. That is a nice bland expression, which forgets those off-color references.

Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.

I've become accustomed to supporting politicians who are more conservative than I am. This is not entirely a surprise.

Any consideration of the life and larger social existence of the modern corporate man begins and also largely ends with the effect of one all-embracing force. That is organization - the highly structured assemblage of men, and now some women, of which he is a part. It is to this, at the expense of family, friends, sex, recreation and sometimes health and effective control of alcoholic intake, that he is expected to devote his energies.

One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on things that are already done.

When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover.

War remains the decisive human failure.