An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.