In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.

The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.

The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs.

Remember what we're looking at. Gold is a currency. It is still, by all evidence, a premier currency, that no fiat currency, including the dollar, can match.

When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.

Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives.

Natives of the Florida Keys often refer to themselves as Conchs, and for good reason: They have been drinking.

People's attention spans are a little shorter these days. Same thing with food and movies.

To be a successful boxer, the last thing you need to be doing is turning up to the gym stoned. You're going to get beaten up if you do that.

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

It's such a thrill to perform live. You never know if you're going to get hit with a bottle or a bra.

It would be possible, in theory, for life and art to be reversed.

Takes a long time to happen so fast... To realize that your future is somebody else's past

You can only photograph a fragment of the here and now. The photograph presents the world as object; language, the world as idea.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.