A man may publish anything which twelve of his countrymen think not blamable.
The English practice of accommodating the rules of commercial law to commercial practice. The line of causation ran from economic need to legal response
Experimentation has been the key factor in the success of Western capitalism
Innovation often originates outside existing organizations, in part because successful organizations acquire a commitment to the status quo and a resistance to ideas that might change it
The perception of poverty as morally intolerable in a rich society had to await the emergence of a rich society
The marvellous thing about writing, whether it be fiction or journalism, is that it is simultaneously the most intimate and the most anonymous of meetings between people. It is profoundly intimate in reaching into the psyche of another, at the same time as being devoid of social characteristics, cultural characteristics, economic characteristics.
You know how great villains just believe in what they're doing? In their minds they're not villains, they're not doing anything wrong; they're just self-righteous in their dedication to their cause.
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.
I've tried never to be easily satisfied, and I've been painting like fury now for forty years. . . . I have a feeling. You paint about as far as your emotions go, and that's about it.