"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."

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Source : "Vince Cable and the pants of doom" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2011.

Vince Cable

#Men Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Growth Quotes

“Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be. The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what has never existed before.”
“Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.”

Source : "The Windup Girl". Book by Paolo Bacigalupi, 2009.
“Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in: Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add-- Jenny kissed me!”
“There is something wrong with you if you don't get angry about something.”
“Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.”
“We don't really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.”
“Question all as to their ways and learn the secrets that they hold”
“How strong is a faith that can't stand up to a few honest questions?”

Source : Kenneth C. Davis (2009). “Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned”, p.18, Harper Collins

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