Friday, November 27, 2015

Well Said...

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not."

~ Ann Brashares

Ann Brashares (1967- )

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Friday, November 06, 2015

Well Said...

"Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labor bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them."

~ David Ricardo

David Ricardo (1772-1823)

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Well Said...

"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one directionally, without regret or reservation."

~ William Sheldon, Jr

Dr William Herbert Sheldon, Jr (1898-1977)

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Well Said...

"Life online is seen as a chance to 'wind up' the anxious, dupe the powerful, trash the earnest, alienate the already marginal."

~ Frank Pasquale

Dr Frank Pasquale

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Well Said...

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

~ Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961)

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

My First Silver Coin...

Never lose touch with reality as measured by your personal liberty.


I acquired my first American Eagle silver coin in 2001 and have kept it on my desk ever since as inspiration...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Well Said...

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

~ John D Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr (1839-1937)

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Sunday, September 13, 2015

What is Numismatics?

numismatics
n (used with a sing v)

The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals.


Source: The Free Dictionary

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Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Well Said...

"Gold has worked down from Alexander's time.... When something holds good for two thousand years, I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory."

~ Bernard Baruch

Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965)

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Well Said...

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it."

~ George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair, aka George Orwell (1903-1950)

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Well Said...

"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates."

~ Tacitus

Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca AD 56-after 117)

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Well Said...

"Many powerful people don't want peace because they live off war."

~ Pope Francis

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio (1936- )

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Thursday, July 02, 2015

Well Said...

"Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity."

~ Alan Turing

Dr Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954)

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Well Said...

"Warriors should suffer their pain silently."

~ Erin Hunter, Into the Wild


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What is a Snob?

snob
n

1. One who despises, ignores, or is patronizing to those he or she considers inferior.

2. One who is convinced of his or her superiority in matters of taste or intellect.


Source: The Free Dictionary

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