The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation.
LUDWIG VON MISESIf you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
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I saw a specialist who asked me ‘Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?’. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.
BOB MONKHOUSE -
The level of peace you attain after success is beautiful.
LAURA CLEGG -
It’s hard to say a favorite song of my father’s. I listen to all his stuff; a lot of the old stuff before the ’70s.
ZIGGY MARLEY -
Culture is defined, really, by the artists who record what the everyday experience is like and then translate it to a common piece of art that all people can respond and relate to.
ROSIE O'DONNELL -
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOEL -
Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
PARACELSUS -
I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad.
BRIAN J. WHITE -
Well, folks. That’s the greatest open in the history of television — bar none!
AL MICHAELS -
We must rediscover our faith in the future and join with one another to ensure that nonviolence is the prevalent choice for government, law enforcement, the non-profit sector, business, education, media, entertainment, arts, and for the global citizenry.
BERNICE KING -
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU -
When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
SIGMUND FREUD -
I swear if I were to rip myself open, it wouldn’t be blood that poured out of me, it would be him.
NICOLE LYONS -
.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
JANIS JOPLIN -
Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes, our aspirations, our ideals, our beliefs. In the deepest sense the hero is created by us; he or she is born collectively as our own myth.
ROLLO MAY