It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

A good rule of conversation is never answer a foolish question.

Milton Friedman’s misfortune is that his economic policies have been tried.

Increasingly in recent times we have come first to identify the remedy that is most agreeable, most convenient, most in accord with major pecuniary or political interest, the one that reflects our available faculty for action; then we move from the remedy so available or desired back to a cause to which that remedy is relevant.

If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows (referring to "trickle down" economics).

Faced with having to change our views or prove that there is no need to do so, most of us immediately get busy on the proof.

The notion that you would initiate a new product without preparing the way by persuasion and advertising and salesmanship is fantastic. It's an integral part of the system.