"The global financial system consists of firms in the financial services sector - banks, hedge funds, insurance companies and the like - and various governmental agencies who are charged with regulating these firms."

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Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.

John L. Casti

#Agency Quotes #Financial Quotes #Insurance Companies Quotes

“They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans.”
“When you do not treat yourself the way you want others to treat you, you can never change the way things are.”
“The dogâ€™s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. â€œI want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied.”
“I have an inability to enjoy things, but that's why we're in comedy. If we were happy, we wouldn't be funny, I guess.”
“Men seldom understand any laws but those they feel.”
“I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.”
“Many [of the Americans] polled showed a marked disapproval of the Wallonians, Danerians, and Pirenians. The fact that these minorities were invented by the pollster did not diminish the hostility.”
“Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.”

Source : Sheila Ballantyne (1988). “Life on Earth: Stories”, Simon & Schuster

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