Mike Belkin quotes

Borrowers will default. Markets will collapse. Gold (the ultimate form of safe money) will skyrocket.
-- Mike Belkin

#Gold #Safe #Default

Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.

Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold.

On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.

Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover that the gold we sought, we already are.

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline. People love roller coasters. People love skydiving. These things that really get your heart pumping, and horror films are sort of a safe way to get that rush I guess.

When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was.

It's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh.

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.

There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize.