Acquire Quote by Michael Lewis

Icelandic people are inbred. And they have a sense of themselves as genetically special, and a history of risk-taking because they make their living…

— Michael Lewis

“We Danes have always been charitable in our trading operations with Iceland. And when our deceased Highness monopolized trade with the island it was…

— Halldór Laxness

Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that…

— Michael Lewis

Iceland is a rich country, but in the early 21st century, this prosperity got to our heads, and in 2008, it collapsed.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

The Germans made just about every bad investment you could have made in the last 10 years. They invested in Icelandic banks. They invested…

— Michael Lewis

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

— W. H. Auden

So much Western storytelling comes from Scandinavia. I've read that in the past, storytellers would travel to Iceland and exchange stories. It's kind of…

— Richard Dormer

“Letting the banks go bust instead of perpetually bailing them out is the right way to go.Iceland Did It Right; All others are doing…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

What's happening now in Iceland is we grew and grew and grew from being one of the poorest nations in the world to being…

— Bjork

I feel Icelandic people are really good at gathering together information and brain power. We're better at that than some kind of Las Vegas…

— Bjork

Icelandic people are really educated. But maybe we are at where the people in the States were 50 years ago, where they think that…

— Bjork

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to…

— Bjork