A silk dress in four sections, and shoes with high heels that would have broken the heart of John Calvin.

Being a specialist is one thing, getting a job is another.

Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy-it's the occurring that's hard.

It was Einstein who made the real trouble. He announced in 1905 that there was no such thing as absolute rest. After that there never was.

Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. But the people who do go to a lecture and who get tired of it, presently hold it as a sort of grudge against the lecturer personally. In reality his sufferings are worse than theirs.

About the only good thing you can say about old age is, it's better than being dead!

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.