“Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.” - Nassim Taleb

“I think the entrepreneurial spirit is still alive and kicking. I hope it never ever dies, because I think when it does, the world dies.” - Duncan Bannatyne

“Britain was the first to adopt a modern gold standard in 1717, under the direction of physicist Isaac Newton, who was the warden of the Royal Mint, and the gold standard would play a great role in it advancing its trade across its empire worldwide... The economic supremacy of Britain was intricately linked to its being on a superior monetary standard, and other European countries began to follow it.” - Saifedean Ammous