"If you don't have a vision you're going to be stuck in what you know. And the only thing you know is what you've already seen."

“Children, together with women, constitute 90 percent of all refugee populations on the planet as well as the vast majority of those living in absolute poverty: the 'feminization of poverty' means that children are poor, too, since most parenting is done by mothers.”

“People follow proven formulas in any business.”

“You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went.”

“For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.”

“Balance the federal budget now, not 15 years from now, not 20 years from now, but now. And throw out the entire federal tax system, replace it with a fair tax, a consumption tax, that by all measurements is just that. It's fair.”

Source : "Transcript: Fox News-Google GOP Debate". www.foxnews.com. September 22, 2011.

“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.”

“The Christians and the Jews do not believe that the Bible is the verbatim words of God. In fact it is clear that the books of the Bible are written by men - allegedly inspired men - but humans nonetheless. God in the Bible is spoken of in third person. This gives the believer a degree of caution. If the writers of the Bible were humans and humans are fallible, the Bible should not be taken literally. It is possible to interpret it, use one's logic to understand it in the light of science and adapt its teachings to meet the needs of the time.”

Source : Source: myislam.dk

“I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.”

Source : "On the Frontier: An Interview with Esther Dyson". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.