tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185355032026-10-27T19:33:57.960-04:00McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comBlogger1462125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-78345830123990450202016-10-23T23:19:00.000-04:002016-10-23T23:19:18.020-04:00"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."<br /> <br /> ~ Federic Bastiat<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFEzCbGgOZ8nxwsXBfS8BrVuhmC5Hc37kC4kVei3A4kqGLhlBlrnf6FQJdB4A2XT6ms6IBqxKjKiaXGSCi_YpXC8GpEznNDOPi99bnZkAlp9t54YRMhmZZouGfO219sFgc2c/s1600/Bastiat.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFEzCbGgOZ8nxwsXBfS8BrVuhmC5Hc37kC4kVei3A4kqGLhlBlrnf6FQJdB4A2XT6ms6IBqxKjKiaXGSCi_YpXC8GpEznNDOPi99bnZkAlp9t54YRMhmZZouGfO219sFgc2c/s400/Bastiat.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Claude-Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)</i></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-20073656998603827212016-10-14T14:14:00.003-04:002016-10-14T14:14:36.273-04:00"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood, and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."<br /> <br /> ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF98uBwAWBdUZC7qX7oXrhrZzk25z1EdxEXlLHqCaHFuUD0vIwkBiVvef2FfCQSUyrudXkt_R9Oxqbobv3NgmgUJeXEfmNLzFshnIvHlwVgGvtefKpmRy3PYu1z-wIav_45hY/s1600/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%25C3%25A9ry+2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF98uBwAWBdUZC7qX7oXrhrZzk25z1EdxEXlLHqCaHFuUD0vIwkBiVvef2FfCQSUyrudXkt_R9Oxqbobv3NgmgUJeXEfmNLzFshnIvHlwVgGvtefKpmRy3PYu1z-wIav_45hY/s400/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%25C3%25A9ry+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)</i></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-15184848503390559282016-09-25T01:58:00.000-04:002016-09-25T01:58:45.236-04:00"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."<br /> <br /> ~ Alberto Brandolini<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeWcpI4VTh3qwxmMx1YQGEWYDup6xBurE2zP92vxBiUMV7ntnWhKcenp6GjtgmIQTi7d1bRWmcmsDefh-l82x3N1KlsfrjA9OgH6GXJHLMoAng3KLN87TC0ovwz9PISeKWBA/s1600/alberto+brandolini.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeWcpI4VTh3qwxmMx1YQGEWYDup6xBurE2zP92vxBiUMV7ntnWhKcenp6GjtgmIQTi7d1bRWmcmsDefh-l82x3N1KlsfrjA9OgH6GXJHLMoAng3KLN87TC0ovwz9PISeKWBA/s400/alberto+brandolini.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Alberto Brandolini</i></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-43458455799529275682016-08-29T23:15:00.002-04:002016-08-29T23:15:42.933-04:00"The only sin is mediocrity."<br /> <br /> ~ Martha Graham<br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9C-fgTHUf7556jVoA4oQLVWCNjaNHoRg8AtxCZY8854W8-A305uIF0sxy7kePDZUpm2dq_2wgOMOaPvasR2I45oyCmoKUNbiPa9qI25ljKSmhMwCpE78iQZzRHXRXV6vl9E/s1600/Martha-Graham-600x277.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9C-fgTHUf7556jVoA4oQLVWCNjaNHoRg8AtxCZY8854W8-A305uIF0sxy7kePDZUpm2dq_2wgOMOaPvasR2I45oyCmoKUNbiPa9qI25ljKSmhMwCpE78iQZzRHXRXV6vl9E/s400/Martha-Graham-600x277.png" width="400" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Martha Graham (1894-1991)</i></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-41283348088221183472016-07-16T13:05:00.001-04:002016-07-16T13:05:24.740-04:00"There's two things that aggravate me...: being ignored and being lied to."<br /> <br /> ~ Julia Roberts, <em>Erin Brockovich (2000)</em><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp28laryu35Qzw_LrcMdqOWV23okgqVCAVseFDkSyTz7X6VQqhA2BeY-qKzaPaAzzbpbEgz2nGt_2Z7UPMbSnaQ-7bDdkx3FGIhkf5eq2QNTrAgcZXA2v2fPOERXdYU2YchyM/s1600/erin-brockovich-2.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp28laryu35Qzw_LrcMdqOWV23okgqVCAVseFDkSyTz7X6VQqhA2BeY-qKzaPaAzzbpbEgz2nGt_2Z7UPMbSnaQ-7bDdkx3FGIhkf5eq2QNTrAgcZXA2v2fPOERXdYU2YchyM/s400/erin-brockovich-2.png" width="400" /></a></div><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Julia Fiona Roberts (1967- )</span></em><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-40011259589288835482016-06-22T18:01:00.000-04:002016-06-22T18:01:04.037-04:00"'How did you go bankrupt?'<br /> 'Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.'"<br /> <br /> ~ Earnest Hemingway, <i>The Sun Also Rises</i><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDanbI4A5wnNsBOF5EHk5KF_fXgRQRLJu8cxNa_oBXPCjSDhr8I1xVnlVAo_iqdHVTDb3qushp_AZlwXe2Fv9MnMYaLk5nQomVFCUJHP4WfyxYQJCZ4cyzjohkj6Uj8gyRoU/s1600/earnest+Hemingway.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDanbI4A5wnNsBOF5EHk5KF_fXgRQRLJu8cxNa_oBXPCjSDhr8I1xVnlVAo_iqdHVTDb3qushp_AZlwXe2Fv9MnMYaLk5nQomVFCUJHP4WfyxYQJCZ4cyzjohkj6Uj8gyRoU/s400/earnest+Hemingway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) </span></i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-2356938945943318492016-05-25T22:51:00.001-04:002016-05-25T22:51:28.453-04:00"Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed."<br /> <br /> ~ Friedrich Nietzsche<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc3zBsPNPlE53wwjYmyyexMQ_wT-jtm25hBftkLrKUOhfbMWe7ljC1azopd6mx-9l_2IfUvUhIrRoIAI1Od_jgC5bRQ8dQ7ZBXgmgcCvo6jjNVGah9Em54t9rxFo9ytBJ9gw/s1600/Nietzsche-1890.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc3zBsPNPlE53wwjYmyyexMQ_wT-jtm25hBftkLrKUOhfbMWe7ljC1azopd6mx-9l_2IfUvUhIrRoIAI1Od_jgC5bRQ8dQ7ZBXgmgcCvo6jjNVGah9Em54t9rxFo9ytBJ9gw/s400/Nietzsche-1890.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Prof&nbsp;Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)</span></em><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-32450833088403360902016-04-19T21:24:00.002-04:002016-04-19T21:24:33.931-04:00"If it doesn't provide residual income, don't do it!"<br /> <br /> ~ Robert Kiyosaki<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4073P-tUrB20Xa0BXHMRLXknmEhiqp2QE_fFdxMa1sXIc4zjbNHzF70NXE-Dhnw8ZxC3z3dyedCnVZ4AOt0mkDy5aA0gBKbi7UH9foBGrdwDkpno1EiB0aVV5xsrg8cXXkgk/s1600/robert-kiyosaki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4073P-tUrB20Xa0BXHMRLXknmEhiqp2QE_fFdxMa1sXIc4zjbNHzF70NXE-Dhnw8ZxC3z3dyedCnVZ4AOt0mkDy5aA0gBKbi7UH9foBGrdwDkpno1EiB0aVV5xsrg8cXXkgk/s400/robert-kiyosaki.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Robert Toru Kiyosaki (1947- )</em></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-57111174353522899192016-01-22T12:07:00.001-05:002016-01-22T12:07:54.049-05:00"When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins."<br /> <br /> ~ Michael Caine<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkItOx9SmfHPVvES5Rz8YwS0f8j25R2fxxae3tbz-TpNr0ZPlAJC-tZ0WVy4XXpYH0SPDR5T8YD3v0uXrQh8GDNhhbhiR679WePDb2nzKWEwNAAc1mBdgz-ip_CVnWJBJN1E/s1600/Michael+Caine.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkItOx9SmfHPVvES5Rz8YwS0f8j25R2fxxae3tbz-TpNr0ZPlAJC-tZ0WVy4XXpYH0SPDR5T8YD3v0uXrQh8GDNhhbhiR679WePDb2nzKWEwNAAc1mBdgz-ip_CVnWJBJN1E/s400/Michael+Caine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sir Michael Caine, born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite (1933- )</span></em><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-21328875810421814202016-01-06T00:56:00.002-05:002016-01-06T00:56:24.848-05:00"I measure what's going on and I adapt to it."<br /> <br /> ~ Martin Zweig<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRckFQ50cnkEi4eVhUUC6mhEmBLnsLPVbTOA3RC9ZwvmoMw4c51vVkriNnYaeuoHFUEqguMgFh7uixwSh9jsmTIla5IP5KDKYqRS80c7Oac9Y2M3nPbivzpRcOmhbXxxQW560/s1600/zweig.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRckFQ50cnkEi4eVhUUC6mhEmBLnsLPVbTOA3RC9ZwvmoMw4c51vVkriNnYaeuoHFUEqguMgFh7uixwSh9jsmTIla5IP5KDKYqRS80c7Oac9Y2M3nPbivzpRcOmhbXxxQW560/s400/zweig.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Dr Martin Edward Zweig (1942–2013)</i></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-19993082903903425202015-12-31T23:17:00.001-05:002015-12-31T23:17:26.249-05:00Happy New Year 2016 to all my friends and colleagues around the world with my best wishes always...<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMe7APs98zVOey2cI1-poxw0utDNZsBelYlpOY6qxqPCUNq0EgdXes9nTeETnQ7ia5MawbiNy0gXnaQhQNEHtlUyGna8wxqqw0fwkLP0S9sAy78HaXJ9ObGYR8LQgc8wteZjk/s1600/2016-happy-new-year-golden.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMe7APs98zVOey2cI1-poxw0utDNZsBelYlpOY6qxqPCUNq0EgdXes9nTeETnQ7ia5MawbiNy0gXnaQhQNEHtlUyGna8wxqqw0fwkLP0S9sAy78HaXJ9ObGYR8LQgc8wteZjk/s400/2016-happy-new-year-golden.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=happy+new+year&max-results=20&by-date=true"><br /> Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-272153532105631502015-12-28T10:19:00.001-05:002015-12-28T10:19:33.823-05:00"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."<br /> <br /> ~ Arthur Schopenhauer<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStDRgN1Zg62M203wM4KztoE5MhH3vBHc6RTC1lVYrn8tdpzWhzEbxv9gnAHmE_nBfLC4NQ12fRuhmZTtxab6V0AD0GI7v_8KEF99AZPtbHqfvietDIo2jfAANBX41wSXU9wA/s1600/Arthur_Schopenhauer_1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStDRgN1Zg62M203wM4KztoE5MhH3vBHc6RTC1lVYrn8tdpzWhzEbxv9gnAHmE_nBfLC4NQ12fRuhmZTtxab6V0AD0GI7v_8KEF99AZPtbHqfvietDIo2jfAANBX41wSXU9wA/s400/Arthur_Schopenhauer_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)</span></em><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-38551805653024347972015-12-25T19:40:00.000-05:002015-12-25T19:40:00.876-05:00"Gold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; but debt is the money of slaves."<br /> <br /> ~ Norm Franz<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Bg9Xf4Vgqgradu640VFwL9dydZTB-zTCoV47iMQmwf1gl-IIv6u6MZaHbW32flQtF_E2OUC-d19CymP2zgc-isR31PXXSZKN2qUrYYixT0k4iBB5gykcAGu76eGduEmpK4/s1600/norm-franz.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Bg9Xf4Vgqgradu640VFwL9dydZTB-zTCoV47iMQmwf1gl-IIv6u6MZaHbW32flQtF_E2OUC-d19CymP2zgc-isR31PXXSZKN2qUrYYixT0k4iBB5gykcAGu76eGduEmpK4/s400/norm-franz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Norm Franz</span></i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-14718073639473429942015-12-18T22:45:00.004-05:002015-12-18T22:45:55.957-05:00"When paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive."<br /> <br /> ~ Harry Browne<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1gODYtDOOsZcx8_J1_9Si2n75rGbVSN9CWL0-aJhSaFkKveWPC3e7G4OIHZ0OgGVxyz1BfQx4LXEFu3ruwbKQVC9HKeinw9u1wmwTjqpxo3btsx4CvcM5uCmVDX0ZXQSn6A/s1600/HarryBrowneLPCon1998.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1gODYtDOOsZcx8_J1_9Si2n75rGbVSN9CWL0-aJhSaFkKveWPC3e7G4OIHZ0OgGVxyz1BfQx4LXEFu3ruwbKQVC9HKeinw9u1wmwTjqpxo3btsx4CvcM5uCmVDX0ZXQSn6A/s400/HarryBrowneLPCon1998.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Harry Edson Browne (1933-2006)</em></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-27269761248241467352015-12-18T22:39:00.001-05:002015-12-18T22:39:55.674-05:00"The desire for gold is the most universal and deeply rooted commercial instinct of the human race."<br /> <br /> ~ Gerald M Loeb<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgU7Pqi98C8sVeo4fw2RHP4RIT6wC895_Sll7TDZGIB1XOQxBHbI-tJU3rMKZZp_dsWYGb34vrB1Ok-_hmZcYRQ_wLofYFj-5NB-RYFhPPjvSHCqGrN2ikMR8OB-5_LK0CPOA/s1600/Gerald-M.-Loeb-broker.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgU7Pqi98C8sVeo4fw2RHP4RIT6wC895_Sll7TDZGIB1XOQxBHbI-tJU3rMKZZp_dsWYGb34vrB1Ok-_hmZcYRQ_wLofYFj-5NB-RYFhPPjvSHCqGrN2ikMR8OB-5_LK0CPOA/s400/Gerald-M.-Loeb-broker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Gerald M Loeb (1899-1974)</em></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-27056139646880441092015-11-27T22:32:00.001-05:002015-11-27T22:32:06.396-05:00"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not."<br /> <br /> ~ Ann Brashares<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAlAhLQfOvy6qWzQCFY8E5bVjFXqaDFlgmbCf6w7odJjyvFlpEWCnqLMxMDDYwAwIQ6Gbrz56SBTqKO2CWyaQs9pqObD1Qjy1VydN8NEbBtEpdDfjh4n0brdz54nW1in-iaQ/s1600/Ann+Brashares.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAlAhLQfOvy6qWzQCFY8E5bVjFXqaDFlgmbCf6w7odJjyvFlpEWCnqLMxMDDYwAwIQ6Gbrz56SBTqKO2CWyaQs9pqObD1Qjy1VydN8NEbBtEpdDfjh4n0brdz54nW1in-iaQ/s400/Ann+Brashares.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Ann Brashares (1967- )</em></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-1864004922678465782015-11-06T00:11:00.001-05:002015-11-06T00:11:48.143-05:00"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."<br /> <br /> ~ David Ricardo<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57lcQ_M9oSaq8I14kz1jNeTPZi6r8CfI4oiKPE6rPZH_5W_0CMqiSMgauzh_jANeUcpJOP8_rrQcFK5oemznFPXgJC-ShFCEOZTXuXzV3ZcuQyt8Jp3Gzn2AX_1-4TKbdPCY/s1600/David+Ricardo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57lcQ_M9oSaq8I14kz1jNeTPZi6r8CfI4oiKPE6rPZH_5W_0CMqiSMgauzh_jANeUcpJOP8_rrQcFK5oemznFPXgJC-ShFCEOZTXuXzV3ZcuQyt8Jp3Gzn2AX_1-4TKbdPCY/s400/David+Ricardo.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>David Ricardo (1772-1823)</i></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-49281235899326614382015-10-20T23:33:00.002-04:002015-10-21T10:13:46.862-04:00"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one directionally, without regret or reservation."<br /> <br /> ~ William Sheldon, Jr<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bXqh5g_EWFKA9Zyv_htnJo6mFz0HFVEXIgojQ28rMLQ1ZrpCj46NcM2mk7udgtFMEkskdkTeb3k0_yklRMhBRu8DQkZWbjny4kD6xAxZNc2jHxS9QEOOCmkhdrIbPWQRpac/s1600/William_H_Sheldon.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bXqh5g_EWFKA9Zyv_htnJo6mFz0HFVEXIgojQ28rMLQ1ZrpCj46NcM2mk7udgtFMEkskdkTeb3k0_yklRMhBRu8DQkZWbjny4kD6xAxZNc2jHxS9QEOOCmkhdrIbPWQRpac/s400/William_H_Sheldon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Dr William Herbert Sheldon, Jr (1898-1977)</em></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-63888540284348740912015-09-30T11:49:00.001-04:002015-09-30T11:49:09.346-04:00"Life online is seen as a chance to 'wind up' the anxious, dupe the powerful, trash the earnest, alienate the already marginal."<br /> <br /> ~ Frank Pasquale<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfOXwfnjs5cIOLWgqFSXo02DF-lDZZ1V0nI_Kj7K1RN8o0doxTzS5K4a40vf9PDWrySUwEYYEqlIiTkX5BMPuyEYKQ5UALYYiwym3A1LL9eQfuyJCE0FFQGTXn01zjQbSLis/s1600/frank-pasquale-cropped-dsc_6024-3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfOXwfnjs5cIOLWgqFSXo02DF-lDZZ1V0nI_Kj7K1RN8o0doxTzS5K4a40vf9PDWrySUwEYYEqlIiTkX5BMPuyEYKQ5UALYYiwym3A1LL9eQfuyJCE0FFQGTXn01zjQbSLis/s400/frank-pasquale-cropped-dsc_6024-3.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr Frank Pasquale</span></em><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-35877427163609778152015-09-21T21:23:00.001-04:002015-09-21T21:23:46.985-04:00"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."<br /> <br /> ~ Ernest Hemingway<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiof-3hw98sKhhOtoiWgsk83wIbOmhFd2X5IJKP_i6LOguGYOPP5f1oMqV0gNQS-9-F0L_SX4RUsATDT320uLaryNSLCIHhTDJ-XC9x38axJpxbaaoHHcXiyktw0JDV4Pgsh3c/s1600/Ernest_Hemingway_1923_passport_photo+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiof-3hw98sKhhOtoiWgsk83wIbOmhFd2X5IJKP_i6LOguGYOPP5f1oMqV0gNQS-9-F0L_SX4RUsATDT320uLaryNSLCIHhTDJ-XC9x38axJpxbaaoHHcXiyktw0JDV4Pgsh3c/s400/Ernest_Hemingway_1923_passport_photo+%25283%2529.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961)</i></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-47356985769833845052015-09-16T00:34:00.002-04:002015-11-06T00:19:57.513-05:00Never lose touch with reality as measured by your personal liberty.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpsl0rTg_eOG1bYFfpPim2tldBsjPinksxLbmyw4lu6QXL5XaQOamHf1ocKjgzUNqVYFeTdIXCSYw9T7uR7wCzBHiF3Xxya0Ms-QXAz2BU4cjhzGuQOPBfzf4W-82GvkF1u0/s1600/American+Silver+Eagle+2001.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpsl0rTg_eOG1bYFfpPim2tldBsjPinksxLbmyw4lu6QXL5XaQOamHf1ocKjgzUNqVYFeTdIXCSYw9T7uR7wCzBHiF3Xxya0Ms-QXAz2BU4cjhzGuQOPBfzf4W-82GvkF1u0/s400/American+Silver+Eagle+2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> I acquired my first American Eagle silver coin in 2001 and have kept it on my desk ever since as inspiration...<br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=money&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-54827656134630343392015-09-15T01:35:00.001-04:002015-10-21T10:15:18.520-04:00"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."<br /> <br /> ~ John D Rockefeller<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDt-g42tZsFNcKDTF8-zSMDG809-2yEdk78b95mFnuh3d6ayJm_O9MSuGJ-3d7OAt_P_DBBfSUGO9u41cLUzMfkMiSguLAvrcKAfbtEoExm2a7VvrZrJjJFhpnOu-1ByLY_JM/s1600/John_D._Rockefeller_1885.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDt-g42tZsFNcKDTF8-zSMDG809-2yEdk78b95mFnuh3d6ayJm_O9MSuGJ-3d7OAt_P_DBBfSUGO9u41cLUzMfkMiSguLAvrcKAfbtEoExm2a7VvrZrJjJFhpnOu-1ByLY_JM/s400/John_D._Rockefeller_1885.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">John Davison Rockefeller, Sr (1839-1937)</span></i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-50349059303254930832015-09-13T18:54:00.002-04:002015-09-13T18:54:23.833-04:00<b>numismatics</b><br /> <i>n (used with a sing v)</i><br /> <br /> The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP16kwiy7hmh_cDqrSL9gJ3s5cZ4Tq8QWDy_dGVvGN75vUEOFoeN-ZI0JWUZhyphenhyphenC3OFrKpGmZCjb6EQxjnvJlbvRSmxbVoNGzbB0v902RjAdWscrPSAcd5hF-GURsxT2UO8AAI/s1600/NEW-1oz-sunshine-mint-silver-round-both.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP16kwiy7hmh_cDqrSL9gJ3s5cZ4Tq8QWDy_dGVvGN75vUEOFoeN-ZI0JWUZhyphenhyphenC3OFrKpGmZCjb6EQxjnvJlbvRSmxbVoNGzbB0v902RjAdWscrPSAcd5hF-GURsxT2UO8AAI/s400/NEW-1oz-sunshine-mint-silver-round-both.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <i>Source:</i> <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/numismatics" target="_blank">The Free Dictionary</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=gold&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-20882778257749178062015-09-08T12:43:00.002-04:002015-09-08T12:43:47.528-04:00"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."<br /> <br /> ~ Bernard Baruch<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhxZDNOBrxXIzTJJl5z2xwF5RTglr4d4QOK3WZAXk6WqnSxkL_8ft_xcyFIMLqGC1bUoC8dlwGw4KT_-Om2idndG-W496GEiVaX5OG4hxsDy2RaJ5u8hYoyfgoLkNw6rREsU/s1600/Bernard+Baruch.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhxZDNOBrxXIzTJJl5z2xwF5RTglr4d4QOK3WZAXk6WqnSxkL_8ft_xcyFIMLqGC1bUoC8dlwGw4KT_-Om2idndG-W496GEiVaX5OG4hxsDy2RaJ5u8hYoyfgoLkNw6rREsU/s400/Bernard+Baruch.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965)</em></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=gold&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18535503.post-45155492145518492312015-07-22T07:18:00.002-04:002015-07-22T07:18:35.884-04:00"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it."<br /> <br /> ~ George Orwell<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiRt9AebgqIv5s5hsfKE0gXkDoYtNaM09wFrev4JS31M851NLpdCIIQtQtHdVBB0mesOgmRFpoWTn4_39ezv9TRVfAc4sZKyVD5W3dfbLw2bRw0hvEGzBERzj9Em6GZzTa50/s1600/george-orwell.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiRt9AebgqIv5s5hsfKE0gXkDoYtNaM09wFrev4JS31M851NLpdCIIQtQtHdVBB0mesOgmRFpoWTn4_39ezv9TRVfAc4sZKyVD5W3dfbLw2bRw0hvEGzBERzj9Em6GZzTa50/s400/george-orwell.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Eric Arthur Blair, aka George Orwell (1903-1950)</em></span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://wjmc.blogspot.com/search?q=well+said...&max-results=20&by-date=true">Related Posts</a>McKibbinUSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.com0