#gag

Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the financial calamity and Great Recession that followed. Today, by contrast, credit is too tight. Mortgage loans are particularly hard to get, creating a problem for the housing market and the broader economy. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#broader #bubble #calamity #contrast #creating

It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#any #battle #did #engaged #forces

If you engage people honestly, and you're willing to do the leg work, people will respond to that. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#honestly #leg #people #respond #will

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

#better #destruction #discuss #engage #make

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. ↗

— Al Gore

#contest #engaging #george #george w #i

You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autistic children #cannot #children #engaged #got

Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#child #choose #engaged #hours #i

We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#engaged #got #keeping #these #work

Many original occupiers believe the political system has become so corrupt that even participating in it, engaging with it, corrupts the movement. I understand what they are saying. But often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. My advice: try both. But don't try violence. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#become #believe #both #change #come

When you go to a great concert, you feel this arc, almost like the music of a well-chosen set takes you on this trip through emotions and through various forms of intellectual engagement. ↗

— John Green

#arc #concert #emotions #engagement #feel