Crime Quote by B. Barmanbek Download Open image ““In post-modern finance, everybody took a risk when lending or borrowing.”” — B. Barmanbek ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Future Money Risk Science fiction Utopia
“If you could really insure banks and other lenders against default risk, that might well unleash a great wave of capital into the economy.” — Gillian Tett Copy Share Image
“taking a risk necessitated a willingness to deal with the mess created by the risk.” — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“A rule of capitalism: whoever takes the most financial risk gets the rewards.” — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
“The public found that an ill-regulated and extravagant credit system, whilst it had made the few rich, had consigned to loss, ruin and poverty,… — Adam Wasserman Copy Share Image
“... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow.” — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
“Later in life, as I competed against the banks, I would think back to this moment, and it gave me confidence. All the bankers… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“Mortgages were less about getting people into property than getting them into debt. Someone had to absorb the surplus supply of credit.” — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“... low interest rates and cheap credit also cause people to act foolishly or greedily ...” — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“I’d likte to welcome you to the land of free, where healthy, wealthy, happy people contribute to the civilization under the protection of the… — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“It’s more like he was an ant in the land of elephants. Nobody would notice his presence, no matter how much noise he might… — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“I’m just an apprentice, stuck between these borrowed first and last breaths that I was given, drinking water of life, and chasing the fire… — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked brighter.” — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the post-modern world.” — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.” — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“As one climbs up the ladders in society, one starts feeling more and more like an owner, less like a member of it.” — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“You can only rise so far by climbing on others’ shoulders, you know.” — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.” — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“She was afraid of not being able to pull herself out of the dream world, never waking up, never knowing what really happened, never… — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
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Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
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“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
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