#lisa

I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage. ↗

— David Attenborough

#against #basis #economic #globalisation #huge

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

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#chinese #civilisation #principle #systematic #wild

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris. ↗

— John C. Danforth

#japanese #lisa #mona #paris #visiting

To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#best #completely #democratic #democratic government #fulfills

The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#change #civilisation #climate #climate change #essentially

Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#anyone #art #being #concept #form

The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#economic #economic development #global #governance #impressive

Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and marginalisation. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#america #asia #brought #countries #crises

Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#borders #challenges #creates #globalisation #instruments