Lunches don’t get free just because you don’t see the prices on the menu. And economists don’t get popular by reminding people of that. – Thomas Sowell

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious. – Hannah Arendt

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. – Napoleon Hill

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. – W.C. Fields

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso

I’ve just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that’s the record. – Dylan Thomas (last words)

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. – Neil Armstrong

If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. – Jack Lemmon

A clever man commits no minor blunders. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If I had learned education, I would not have had time to learn anything else. – Cornelius Vanderbilt

Give me snuff, whiskey and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell. – James J. Hill

I have 100 billion dollars… You realize I could spend 3 million dollars a day, every day, for the next 100 years? And that’s if I don’t make another dime. Tell you what - I’ll buy your right arm for a million dollars. I give you a million bucks, and I get to sever your arm right here. – Bill Gates (attributed)

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. – Mark Twain

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays. – Henry Youngman

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. – John D. Rockefeller

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them. – J. Paul Getty

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas. – H. L. Mencken

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. – John Maynard Keynes