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gold noble affliction
Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquefies the gold, hardens the clay Charles Caleb Colton. Charles Caleb Colton
gold bills sailor
A chest of gold coins or a fat wallet of bills is of no use whatsoever to a wrecked sailor alone on a raft. Alan Watts
gold derivatives commodity
Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise. Alan Greenspan
gold paper demand
Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency...and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry. It's not for anything other than an escape from what is perceived to be a fiat money system, paper money, that seems to be deteriorating. Alan Greenspan
gold dollars remember
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. Alan Greenspan
gold world accepted
Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted. Alan Greenspan
gold
Anything for gold and experience. China Mieville
gold truth-is findings
The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine. Byron Katie
gold would-be cost
Your financial cost can best be figured out when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of gold, you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks. Buddy Hackett
arbitrary rewards conformity
A person's willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards. Bruce Tulgan
arbitrary cuba decision mission nations permanent protest state strongly united wishes
The permanent mission of Cuba to the United Nations wishes to protest strongly at the arbitrary decision and to state that it disagrees completely with the pretexts given. Kofi Annan
arbitrary taxes pernicious
The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary. David Hume
arbitrary collection lack pattern ridiculous seems
I often feel a discomfort, a kind of embarrassment, when I explain elementary-particle physics to laypeople. It all seems so arbitrary - the ridiculous collection of fundamental particles, the lack of pattern to their masses. Leonard Susskind
arbitrary arrived brevity good
Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins. Michael Winter
arbitrary dial exactly looking point saying
There are those that are saying you have to be able to dial back to any arbitrary point in time. From our discussions with the mid-market, that's not exactly something they are looking for. Michael Parker
arbitrary civilized seldom traits uncertain unless
Laws fixed, certain, and uniform, are said to be the distinguishing traits of civilized from savage communities. In these last, seldom are any laws, unless it be the arbitrary and uncertain will of the strongest. Levi Woodbury
arbitrary date maximum needed sure tied
We're not going to be tied to an arbitrary date on the calendar. We haven't scheduled it yet. If it's needed we want to make sure it has maximum impact. Paul Krell
arbitrary deal design internet large networks number work
The big deal about the Internet design was you could have an arbitrary large number of networks so that they would all work together. Vint Cerf
scarcity hardship privilege
It is deliberate policy to keep even the favoured groups somewhere near the brink of hardship, because a general state of scarcity increases the importance of small privileges and thus magnifies the distinction between one group and another. George Orwell
scarcity thirst propriety
It is the effect of scarcity; one’s rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper. Mohsin Hamid
scarcity reason capitalism
There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital. John Maynard Keynes
scarcity excess
It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess. Will Oldham