Friedrich august hayek

The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

There is, in a competitive society, nobody who can exercise even a fraction of the power which a socialist planning board would possess

To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.

I'm about to do scene 58 with the lovely Salma Hayek where we roll around on the beach naked and talk about some silly diamond, ... And the boys are telling me that the negotiations have stopped. When the message was delivered, it was a body blow. I said, 'What does that mean?' They said, 'We don't know. But they'll call you next Friday. Five-thirty.'

I dream, therefore I exist.