#lending

An ant can't define shape of an elephant solely from its' point of view. They have to unify all views. It's a way for ant to understand elephant. In order to understand true realities, men need to do mental blending. ↗

— Toba Beta

#mental-blending #point-of-view #truth #men

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

Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets. We want their trousers tied round their middle: steady lending growth; particularly to productive British business, especially small scale enterprise. ↗

— Vince Cable

#assets #banks #breathing #british #business

Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-bank lending. These new forms of finance are still small in scale today but they should, over time, bring additional choice and greater competition to the lending market. ↗

— Vince Cable

#additional #bring #businesses #choice #competition

Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#call #card #companies #credit #credit card

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but that's not what's being done. ↗

— Meredith Whitney

#being done #borrowing #business #cheaply #done

It is the quality of lending over the quantity of lending. ↗

— Lewis Thompson Preston

#over #quality #quantity

Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal ethical principles. ↗

— Juan Antonio Samaranch

#blending #create #culture #educational #effort

He saw her right after the seventh-period bell rang. She seemed dressed for the sole purpose of blending in with the lockers, but she stood out, anyway. It didn’t matter that her wide blue eyes were narrowed or that her pretty mouth was twisted into a near snarl — she was blatantly beautiful. It was kind of sick the way Ed was preoccupied with beautiful girls these days. He felt a little sorry for her. (He was also preoccupied with finding ways of feeling sorry for people.) She was new and trying hard not to look it. She was confused and trying to look tough. It was endearing is what it was. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#blending-in #endearing #lockers #pity #school

A banker is a man who will lend you the short sleeve shirt off his back and demand a long sleeve one in return. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #interest #lending #funny