The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.

The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore.

There clearly exists a taste that cannot be classified under any of the four recognized categories — sweet, sour, salty, or bitter.

-- Born in Kyoto in 1864, Kikunae Ikeda

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

-- Thomas Edison

He who plans more, wins. He who plans less, loses.

-- Mōri Motonari

No plan survives first contact with the enemy.

-- Carl von Clausewitz

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

-- Born in Vienna in 1899, Hayek

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

-- Born in Vienna in 1899, Hayek