"The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging up and a substantial current account deficit...people understandably feel more confident about their future than they've done for decades, but as a result they have been borrowing more and saving less...coming on top of a massive income investment boom, it's all been just a bit too much of a good thing."

Source : Speech to the Conservative Party Conference, October 13, 1988.

Nigel Lawson

#Monday Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.”
“Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.”
“It's a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2013). “Broken Homes”, p.8, Hachette UK
“If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.”
“Did she just-" "Yes." "But I don't-" "Yes you do. We both stink." "Well, I'm not-" "Yes. You are." He huffed. "You wont let-" "No. No complaining. Let's go." I grabbed a clean shirt and pants from my saddlebags. "Well, she could have handled it better," he grumped. "No. She couldn't." He settled into a sulky silence as we visited the bathhouse.”
“I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.”
“Experience is the name men give to their follies or their sorrows.”
“In the 21st century, you have to use technology as one of the tools in the toolkit to bring about social change.”

Source : "Beth Simone Noveck, Former U.S Deputy Chief Technology Officer, On The Tech Trends That Worry Her Most". Interview with Bianca Bosker, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2011.

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