Gold has an almost atavistic lure. People feel it has a panacea effect. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes atavistic effect feel
When hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world went to the Yukon to look for gold, the original prospectors had already claimed most of it. Howard Blum claimgoldhundred Change image and share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
In any restaurant, my eyes alight first, as if by an atavistic pull, on the meat dishes on the menu. In any dinner party I throw, I think of the non-vegetarian dish as central. I view this as a combination of weakness, greed and moral failure. Someone please help. Neel Mukherjee alightatavisticcentral share on social
That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole. Ron Chernow buydangerouseffect Change image and share on social