#banks

The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable crooked deals carried on by the Jews, who would be attracted by the enormous extension of the international speculations of the national banks. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#banks #carried #crooked #deals #enormous

Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom. ↗

— William Bartram

#admirable #appeared #banks #bloom #contemplated

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#bound #flood #flows #freedom #own

Every Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney wants to let the - he said in the first 100 days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules - unchain Wall Street. They're gonna put y'all back in chains. ↗

— Joe Biden

#back #banks #big #budget #chains

Banks' beer. There's nothing like it! To Brazil. And to Barbados justice. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#barbados #beer #brazil #justice #like

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion

I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It's not all about the cooking, but the fact that I can contribute by using my influence to help people all over the country. In the last two years, my partners and I have fed more than 10 million hungry people by bringing meat to food banks. ↗

— Paula Deen

#am #banks #bringing #contribute #cooking

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#constantly #elected #elected officials #inappropriate #lobbying

And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't spend it, they invest it. And investing it is another way of creating jobs. It puts money into mutual funds or other kinds of banks that can go out and make loans, and we need to do that. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#another way #banks #creating #funds #go

I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I will choose a night with Somerset Maugham or Russell Banks over a crowded bar any day. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#any #banks #bar #books #choose