“Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war.” TryingWellsWarWealthMoneyCasesSweetKeysGoldAidsMetalsConqueror Book:Tartuffe and Other Plays Source: Tartuffe and Other Plays
“Well, I don't know, but I've been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse if the Russians happen to get up there first; Wowee! pretty scary!” IfsKnowsFirstsWellsHappensAsksHeavenStreetsGoldScaryGet Up Author:Bob Dylan
“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
“I've been baking bread and looking after the baby...Everyone else who has asked me that question over the last few years says. 'But what else have you been doing?' To which I say, 'Are you kidding?' Because bread and babies, as every housewife knows, is a full-time job. After I made the loaves [of bread,] I felt like I had conquered something. But as I watched the bread being eaten, I thought, Well, Jesus, don't I get a gold record or knighted or nothing?” KnowsYearsWellsMadeJobsLastsJesusFeltRecordsBabyGoldParentingBreadBakingHousewifeFull Time JobsBaking Bread Author:John Lennon
“If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.” IfsWantTryingWellsMightWinningSportsProveGoldAthleteCarrieOlympicsYardsThrillCompetingMedalGold Medals Author:Jesse Owens
“But there still prevails, even in nations well acquainted with commerce, a strong jealousy with regard to the balance of trade, and a fear, that all their gold and silver may be leaving them. This seems to me, almost in every case, a groundless apprehension; and I should as soon dread, that all our springs and rivers should be exhausted, as that money should abandon a kingdom where there are people and industry.” PeopleShouldWellsMayStillsSeemsStrongNationsCasesIndustryBalanceSpringRiversGoldRegardTradeLeavingKingdomsSilverAbandonDreadCommerceExhaustedApprehensionImbalanceGold And Silver Book:Essays Moral, Political, Literary: Revision of Great Book Source: Essays Moral, Political, Literary: Revision of Great Book
“All of the government's monetary, economic and political power, as well as its extensive propaganda machinery, will be enlisted in a constant battle to drive down the price of gold - but in the absence of any fundamental change in the nation's monetary, fiscal, and economic direction, simply regard any major retreat in the price of gold as an unexpected buying opportunity.” WellsGovernmentPoliticalOpportunityNationsEconomicBattleMajorsGoldRegardFundamentalsConstantAbsencePropagandaBuyingUnexpectedRetreatMachineryMonetaryPolitical PowerEnlistedBuying Gold Author:Irwin Schiff
“I have no views as to where it will be, but the one thing I can tell you is it won't do anything between now and then except look at you. Whereas, you know, Coca-Cola (KO) will be making money, and I think Wells Fargo (WFC) will be making a lot of money and there will be a lot - and it's a lot - it's a lot better to have a goose that keeps laying eggs than a goose that just sits there and eats insurance and storage and a few things like that.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLooksI CanViewsOne ThingGoldMaking MoneyEggsNow And ThenLots Of MoneyGeeseStorageCoca ColaFargoWells Fargo Author:Warren Buffett
“Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching” WellsLooksMayStrongSportsPerspectiveGoldCoachingSwimmingOlympicsMy ThoughtsMedalProspectsGold Medals Author:Mark Spitz