“Money is the best rule of commerce.” — William Petty Quote

“Money is the best rule of commerce.”

“I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.”

“Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself.”

“In 1977, when I started my first job at the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist in the Division of International Finance, it was an article of faith in central banking that secrecy about monetary policy decisions was the best policy: Central banks, as a rule, did not discuss these decisions, let alone their future policy intentions.”

“Yahoo is in everything from pets to old people to finance to communications to e-commerce and more, and I really thrive on that.”

“Many progressives understand Scalia, and other conservative judges, in crassly political terms - as opponents of affirmative action, abortion, gun control, and campaign finance legislation. But what Scalia cared most about was clear, predictable rules, laid down in advance.”