It is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said.

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.

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.

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.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.

I use technology for communication, but I don't have a Blackberry or an iPhone. I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.

Left to my own devices I'd get up at midday every day of my life.

Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.

Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awareness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing.

Life is a goddam mess...but you wouldn't want to miss it!

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

Joe Kennedy is one of the biggest crooks who ever lived.