Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.

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.

We seek love in relationships, peace in security, and joy in material things...but these feelings are divine and not dependent on any outer circumstances.

I'll go over again and again until I've finally crossed to where he is

Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.

In Baltimore, soft crabs are always fried (or broiled) in the altogether, with maybe a small jock-strap of bacon added.

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.

There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!

He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.