Quotes about "Money & Wealth"

What we should be doing is saving habitats, not single species, no matter what their cuteness factor. ”

I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok? ”

Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure. ”

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation. ”

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only. ”

Capital, however capital may be defined, would practically cease to exist as an income producing fund, for the simple reason that if money, wherewith to buy capital, could be obtained for one-half of one per cent, capital itself could command no higher price. ”

Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times. ”

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit. ”

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China. ”

A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence. ”