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

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

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

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

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

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.

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

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.