The stupid and dishonest accountants allowed the genie of totally inappropriate accounting to descend on derivatives books. And once this has happened… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
With respect to their safety, derivatives, for the most part, are traded among very sophisticated financial institutions and individuals who have considerable… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Derivatives serve practically no purpose except to enrich bankers through opaque pricing and to deceive investors through off-the-balance-sheet accounting. — James Rickards Copy Share Image
The planet Earth in its present mode of florescence is being devastated. This devastation is being fostered and protected by legal, political… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to… — Dale Watson Copy Share Image
When your 18th, 19, 20 years old like we were at that time, its just like anyone else, you look at like… — Butch Walker Copy Share Image
I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Prince—value A—to kill monsters—value B—for the purpose… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
It was the last generation of writers [ the Cheers] that had grown up reading books instead of watching TV. So you… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
The hallucinogens produce visionary states, sort of, but morphine and its derivatives decrease awareness of inner processes, thoughts and feelings. They are… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later… — George Soros Copy Share Image
God has no needs. Human love, as Plato teaches us, is the child of Poverty – of want or lack; it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I don't think information overload is a function of the volume of information. It's a derivative of the volume of information plus… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around. — Calista Flockhart Copy Share Image
“Your spells are derivatives of the information, experience , and desire you put forth.” — Rachel E. Carter Copy Share Image
The marginal people on the trading desks, there's no skill set. If they don't trade derivatives, I don't know what they can… — James Chanos Copy Share Image
To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance. — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
I am telling you, the world's first trillionaires are going to come from somebody who masters A.I. and all its derivatives and… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
My design has always been a derivative of people I meet. I want to translate who they are and their personality into… — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
They've been fairly positive, as firm as they could be in regards to the derivatives operations in Montreal. We didn't sense that… — Jean Charest Copy Share Image
While we're talking about votes, Bernie Sanders is one who voted to deregulate swaps and derivatives in 2000, which contributed to the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
When I evaluate a candidate, one of the most important criteria is what I call “the first derivative.” Is this person learning?… — Eric Sink Copy Share Image
We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When I am in the process of conceiving a story, I make sure it can be told with words and pictures. The… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
But just as much as it is easy to find the differential [derivative] of a given quantity, so it is difficult to… — Johann Bernoulli Copy Share Image
I am not really inclined to think there is any very effective regulation of the derivative securities markets that would be useful.… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
“There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The best way to look at any business is from the standpoint of the clients. So there are these certain basic things… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
To follow Jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world… — Will Eisner Copy Share Image
In our view, derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction carrying dangers that, while latent, are potentially lethal. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I didn't have an imaginary friend, and even if I did I'm sure it would have been derivative of something I saw… — Dan Santat Copy Share Image
Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles.… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image