#is

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#building #consists #conversation #man #observation

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#few #friends #his #indeed #life

My least favorite phrase in the English language is "I don't care." ↗

— James Caan

#english #english language #favorite #i #language

Since I was a kid, he's told me to learn from his mistakes. ↗

— Scott Caan

#i #kid #learn #me #mistakes

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it. ↗

— Scott Caan

#earrings #get #guys #hollywood #i

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#fears #live #optimist #pessimist #possible

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#invite #love #love is #marry #people

It flourished with the Saracens, and suffered in the obscure and fanatical days of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#days #fanatical #flourished #middle #middle ages

Housing associations have fingered the fact that they cannot use their assets as liquidity due to Bank of England rules unlike their continental equivalents. This has emerged to be one of the main bottlenecks to getting investment going in the U.K. It is a Bank of England issue. ↗

— Vince Cable

#associations #bank #cannot #continental #due

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. ↗

— Vince Cable

#aspect #balance #balance sheets #banking #banks