#sin

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#doing #even #i #i write #long

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#believing #chastity #christian #christian religion #deadly

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#businesses #fighting #first #know #leave

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#idleness #men #sin #some #some men

If I lose show business - I'll really be an orphan! ↗

— Red Buttons

#i #lose #orphan #really #show

There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#does #hardly #imposing #insignificant #seem

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

If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business. ↗

— Frank Cady

#around #business #chance #enough #hang

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. ↗

— John Cage

#daily #daily life #highest #involved #life