That is the problem with age and wisdom—it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.
Bill BonnerIf you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
Bill BonnerBoth the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.
Bill BonnerIf there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.
Bill BonnerThe promise of American capitalism is that it makes people richer, freer and more independent. But since the introduction of Fed, the currency in which Americans keep score has so addled the figures, we scarcely know if we are winning or losing. The dollar we knew as a child - in the 1950's - is only worth a tenth as much today.
Bill Bonner