“Ever since the Evil Empire turned out to be a collection of third-world countries, Americans aligned on the far right have tried to cast gay men and lesbians as the new enemy, calculating deviants seducing the nation's young, anti-Avon ladies selling sodomy door-to-door. This simply won't wash. Just as seeing the Russians up close and personal on television humanized them, so seeing the lesbian grandmother of two little girls wearing her gold medal with pride makes the notion of otherness, much less deviance, silly and ignorant.” MenWorldLittlesTwoCountryYoungGirlEvilNationsJusticeEnemySeeingDoorsTelevisionPrideGayGoldThirdsSocial JusticeNotionCastsSillyIgnorantSellingCollectionsEmpiresGrandmotherMedalThird WorldSeducingGay MenGold MedalsCalculatingOthernessThird World CountriesDeviantsDevianceAvon Author:Anna Quindlen
“Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long as society is ignorant enough and hypocritical enough to hold in high esteem the man of wealth without the slightest regard to the character of the man.” MenGivingShouldWellsLongTwoSoulEnoughCharacterUsedEnergyWealthMoneyMillionsRichMankindHe ManJudgingBenefitsGoldRegardHonestlyIgnorantEsteemTwo ThingsAcquisitionHypocritical Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel.” FirstsMayMeanTwoNamesLinesGoldExtremesMathTreasureCompareDivisionJewelsGeometryRatiosTheoremsPrecious JewelsGolden MeanPythagorean Theorem Author:Johannes Kepler
“The problem with commodities is that you are betting on what someone else would pay for them in six months. The commodity itself isn't going to do anything for you....it is an entirely different game to buy a lump of something and hope that somebody else pays you more for that lump two years from now than it is to buy something that you expect to produce income for you over time.” YearsTwoDifferentProblemGamesPayProduceMonthsSixGoldInvestingIncomeTwo YearsCommoditySix MonthsLumpsBetting Author:Warren Buffett
“The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however, has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production. Meanwhile, if you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end.” IfsStillsTwoEndsUsePurposeValuesHugeDemandPaperMajorsGoldEternityProductionsSignificantAssetsCategoriesInvestorsFearfulIncapableUtilityShortcomingsSoakingPaper Money Author:Warren Buffett