“But men don't come in just two groups, one of gold and the other of lead. They are a mix of both." "And what about women?" "Pure gold, my girl," Rayvan answered with a chuckle.” MenTwoGirlGroupsPureGoldMy GirlChuckles Author:David Gemmell
“The dreams of "leaving it up to the market" or of returning to a politically neutral gold standard cannot succeed because the nature of the monetary system has a profound impact on the interests of powerful groups and states. Affected groups and states will always try to intervene in the operation of the system to make it serve their interests.” TryingStatesDreamInterestPowerfulGroupsSucceedStandardsGoldImpactProfoundLeavingOperationsAffectedMonetaryMonetary SystemGold Standard Author:Robert Gilpin
“Wasn't it thrilling when the U.S. Women's team took home the gold in gymnastics? A group of American teenagers getting a higher score than Chinese kids? That never happens.” HomeHappensKidsFunnyGroupsTeamHigherGoldChineseTeenagerScoreOlympicsThrillingGymnasticsLondon Olympics Author:Jay Leno
“In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group.” KnowsYearsDifferentTermCareersFourGroupsChangedGoldFour YearsOlympicsChanged My LifeSmall Groups Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“All men cannot go to college but some men must; every isolated group or nation must have its yeast, must have for the talented few centers of training where men are not so mystified and befuddled by the hard and necessary toil of earning a living, as to have no aims higher than their bellies, and no God greater than Gold.” MenHardNationsGreaterGroupsCollegeHigherTrainingGoldAimIsolatedEarningToilBellyAim HighYeastEarning A Living Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“The United States is pushing as policy division of the world into rival currency camps - the dollar area on the one hand, and the Russia-Chinese-Shanghai Cooperation Organization group on the other, especially now that the IMF has changed its rules. People think that if there are rival currency groupings and national currencies are going bust, we might as well use gold as a safe haven.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWellsStatesUseHandsMightUnitedUnited StatesGroupsHavensPolicyChangedSafeAreasGoldOrganizationDollarsRussiaChinesePushingDivisionCampsCooperationCurrencyRivalsSafe HavenShanghaiImf Author:Michael Hudson
“I have criticized it [Europe], but I repeat: we keep 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros, we are not interested in the collapse of the Eurozone, but I do not rule out the possibility of decisions being made that would consolidate a group of countries equal in economic development and this, in my opinion, will lead to a consolidation of the euro. But there can also be some interim decisions in order to keep the present number of members of the Eurozone unchanged.” MadeCountryOrderDecisionNumbersOpinionGroupsEconomicPossibilityDevelopmentEqualMembersPercentEuropeGoldRepeatsCollapseNot InterestedCurrencyReservesEuroEconomic DevelopmentConsolidationEurozoneInterim Author:Vladimir Putin
“You could really belong to a group of people and with other people, you could really make some significant changes - through the electoral process, of course, by registering people to vote, and by supporting good people who were running for office. For me, it was like I had found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” PeopleEndsRunningCoursesFoundProcessGroupsOfficeGoldVoteSignificantPotGood PeopleRainbowRunning For OfficeSignificant ChangePot Of GoldElectoral Process Author:Dolores Huerta
“I wonder," she said. "Does this castle have a moat?" A group of servants were busy emptying the privy buckets into the moat when they were startled by a sudden drawn-out cry. They looked up in time see a scarlet-and-gold clad figure sail out of a first-story window, turn over once and then land with an enormus splash in the dark, rancid waters. They shrugged and went back to work.” FirstsDoeSaidStoriesTurnsWaterDarkWonderGroupsLandCryFiguresWindowGoldBusyServantSailCastlesBucketsScarletBack To WorkMoats Author:John Flanagan
“Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in a tent with no guard and no one would touch it, but now all that has changed. The law of the jungle rules, the only ideology is greed. Don't let yourself be parted from your weapons, and always travel in pairs or groups, because this is a land of thieves.” LawGroupsLandWorstChangedMonthsHonorWeaponsGoldGreedIdeologyCodePairsThievesJungleDecencyTentsRuffianCode Of Honor Author:Isabel Allende
“The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.” MayHomeFightingGroupsEthicsGainsGoldComplexesWinterSoldierWarrior Author:C. J. Cherryh
“The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a defect of the gold standard; it is its main excellence.” PoliticalPartyGroupsAmbitionStandardsGoldPressureIndependentExcellenceDoctrineDefectsPolitical PartiesPurchasingGold StandardPurchasing PowerBuying GoldPressure Groups Book:Human Action Source: Human Action