“Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water...” — David Ricardo Quote

“Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.”

“Again two manufacturers may employ the same amount of fixed, and the same amount of circulating capital; but the durability of their fixed capitals may be very unequal.”

“The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.”

“To clear the air once and for all, I don't have cancer. I'm not going through chemotherapy. I have alopecia. Alopecia areata, to be exact about it. I love the way that I look; I'm not worried about it.”

“It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”

“Age, they say, is only important if you're cheese. or a wine. They also say, if you are stuck behind one on a golf course, that a tree is 90 per cent air. How come, then, that you invariably send your ball crashing into the remaining 10 per cent?”