Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.

Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

Sports are the reason I am out of shape. I watch them all on TV.

Each day, as I take various pills, I realize that without those pills I might not be alive -- and, if I were, life would not be worth living. Yet those who produce these medications are under constant attack from people who produce nothing.