But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.

There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.

Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.

Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows.

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.

It's all bullshit, folks and it's bad for ya.

The war to preserve the privilege of mythmaking

It's not a person's depth you must discover, but their ascent. Find their path from depth to ascent.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community!

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.

The story that you tell yourself is exactly what holds you back from being successful.

I've done collaborations with Scott [Morgan, aka Loscil] in the past, but it is something that kind of appeals to me these days.