Governments create money and spend it into the economy by running budget deficits. The paper currency in your pocket is technically a government debt.

We go forward with our heads held high, but look back and remember where we come from.

You have a choice. Either you can have more oil, or more clean water. Fracking is not good for the water supply.

The one sure mark of a con, though, is the promise of free money.

What's bad for the frackers usually is good for the rest of the world.

Nothing could be better for the economy than to get rid of fracking.

Every government, from the Obama administration right through to Angela Merkel, the Eurozone and the IMF, promise to save the banks, not the economy.

Elites play the role today that landlords played under feudalism. They levy interest and financial fees that are like a tax, to support what the classical economists called "unproductive activity."

Nobody prefers to earn income any more, because that's taxable. Rich people prefer to make capital gains.

We're still in the collapse that began after 2008. There's not a new collapse, there hasn't been a recovery.

To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.

Get the kNACk of being you by getting the NAG out of you. Find out how in Chapter 5.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.

People get nervous accessorising, but there is nothing wrong with adding a belt or a pair of shoes in another colour.

There are very few profound sayings in the world.

I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts

I didn’t marry The One, I married this one, and the two of us became one.

I'm the only person I know of who's ever been pulled over for attempted speeding.

I want to have fun. And I want to enjoy what I'm doing.