"Banks have come to realize in the recent crisis that they are paying the price for having designed compensation packages which provide incentives that are not, in the long run, in the interests of the banks themselves, and I would like to think that would change."

-- Mervyn King

#Running Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes

“Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile. The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won't be found at the bottom) Don't sweat the small stuff, You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one's watching, Love as if it's all you know, Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today”
“A surprising number [of novels] have been read aloud to me, and I like all if moderately good, and if they do not end unhappily-against which a law ought to be passed.”
“I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.”
“Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.”
“I'm sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying of a cancerous disease.”
“Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.”
“I am a man who does not exist for others.”
“On an incredibly simplistic level, you can think of depression as occurring when your cortex thinks an abstract thought and manages to convince the rest of the brain that this is as real as a physical stressor.”

Source : Robert M. Sapolsky (2004). “Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - Now Revised and Updated”, p.286, Macmillan

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