[Republicans] swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose.

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.

...a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something.

Never underestimate a dumb question.

We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song.

i was momentarily sidetracked by the vision of Eric herding a cow into a trailer and driving it to the shoulder of the the interstate and shooing it into the trees.

Humility is something we should constantly pray for, yet never thank God that we have.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.

A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.

I would love to work with someone like Kevin Spacey as he could pass on what I need to learn.

The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.

Give your attention to the experience of seeing rather than to the object seen and you will find yourself everywhere.