Gold is as steady as a rock, a standardbearer by which all currencies can be accurately measured.

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.

You can judge a man by the books in his library.

For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.

No one spends someone elses money as carefully as he spends his own.

In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.

The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices.

I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.

My point is, I don't see the need to eat animals. I love animals; besides the horrible stuff that's put in meat, I actually love cuddling with animals and petting them and stuff.

I don't even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people.

We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It's our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.

Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.

Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price.

In the beginning was the dream, and the work of disenchantment never ends.

I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book.

First try all other means, but if the wound Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean From the diseased the canker spread.

People don't find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have - don't find their personal lives interesting.

What is happening now is that the number of people who are not strong enough or do not feel strong enough to decide to live without the security provided by the community or the state, is going up.