The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.
These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.
I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.
I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.
A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.
I don't think, until the end, I had read a positive review of Boy Meets World.
We all got lucky doing Boy Meets World.
I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs were probably saying something I wouldn't have agreed with at all. But I was so glad to see women marching. And it's happening all over the world.
To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off.
If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.
People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.