"High leverage is unsafe, not just for a company but the entire economy... LBOs are reducing the safety. Management loses the power to do many things. It has no margin for error and less margin for additional risk."

-- Franco Modigliani

#Errors Quotes #Safety Quotes #Risk Quotes

“I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.”
“There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“And then there's also this element of - some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you're really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It's the yeti.”
“If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?”
“A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.”

Source : James Geary (2011). “I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World”, p.8, Harper Collins
“Trendy is the last stage before tacky.”
“Obviously I wanted to be a bus driver - and I still do. If only I could get a part time job.”
“God is love. Yes or no? No.”

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