"Gold is not less but more rational than paper money. Money holds value so long as it is in limited supply; gold will always be in limited supply, and would require real resources to produce even from the sea; paper and printing ink are not in limited supply. The gold system is much closer to a modern automatic scientific control system than the crude and relatively unstable system of paper."

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William E. Rees

#Real Quotes #Sea Quotes #Long Quotes

“But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.”

Source : Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”
“We are born by accident into a purely random universe.”

Source : Robert Silverberg (2014). “The Stochastic Man”, p.4, Open Road Media
“Most people, most great people even are ammunition. But what you need in your company are barrels. You can only shoot through the number of unique barrels you have, so that's how the velocity of your company improves... is by adding barrels, and then you stock them with ammunition and then you can do a lot.”
“Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.”

Source : Michelle Hodkin (2012). “The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer”, p.315, Simon and Schuster
“Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge leaders. Only if the leaders pass that test do they have any impact. The potential followers, if their judgment is poor, have judged themselves. If the leader takes his or her followers to the goal, to great achievements, it is because the followers were capable of that kind of response.”

Source : Garry Wills (2013). “Certain Trumpets: The Nature of Leadership”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
“It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center.”
“Maybe you should just press the button”
“We are the environment.”

Source : Charles Panati (1976). “Supersenses, Our Potential for Parasensory Experience”

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