Quotes from book

Making Money

“Whole new theories of money were growing here like mushrooms: in the dark and based on bullshit.”

“He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.”

“But what's worth more than gold?"

"Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that?”

“Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.”

“The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.”

“You get a wonderful view from the point of no return.”

“People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.”

“And what had he wanted? He'd never sat down to think about it. But mostly, he wanted yesterday to be different from today.”

“I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire!”

“Students, eh? Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't hit them with a shovel!”

“A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy.”

“It was sad, like those businessmen who came to work in serious clothes but wore colorful ties in a mad, desperate attempt to show there was a free spirit in there somewhere.”

“Insanity is catching.”