Quotes About Lending

The most dangerous part of lending books lies in the returning. At such times, friendships hang by a thread. I look for agony, ecstasy, for tears, transfiguration, trembling hands, a broken voice - but what the borrower usually says is, "I enjoyed it." I enjoyed it - as if that were what books were for.

The moment a book is lent I begin to miss it.

Love, truth, beauty, wisdom, and consolation against death. - Anatole Broyard in his dislike of "Lending Books" from editor Rabinowitz's collection "A Passion for Books

Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.

Ne prêtez pas vos livres:personnes ne les rends jamais. Les seuls livres que j'ai dans ma bibliothèques sont des livres qu'on m'a prêtés.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.

His chronic physical ill health was paralleled by his constantly surprising moral strength. He would borrow money aloud but lend it with a whisper. In his presence everything became simple, clear, and aboveboard.

I am thrilled that I can lend him something and never worry about its return since its life in the cloud totally absolves us of all the guilty lender/borrower feeling of when should I ask for it back.

Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a reading device, a library card and an Internet connection. In this new reality, the only incentive to buy, rather than borrow, an e-book is the fact that the lent copy vanishes after a couple of weeks.

I've been focused on the West Coast economy and being a banker and lending in these markets.

Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.

Everyone has a salary. Everyone has hopes and dreams for where they can invest their money. Everyone wants to do the best they can with it, and they don't want to be subjected to any sort of predatory lending.

Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lending is 'predatory lending.'

There's no way I could ring up a company that was lending me a red-carpet dress and say, 'Do you have it in a 10?' Because all the press samples are an 8 - I would say a 'small 8.'

Waiving debts corrupts the credit culture.

It is important to create credit absorption capacity rather than to just enhance lending targets.

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do not make it more costly for community banks to lend to small businesses.

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses.

Lending war equipment is a good deal like lending chewing gum. You don't want it back.

one of the government's requirements is that anyone it lends money to must have a successful track record at managing multifamily apartment houses.

In post-modern finance, everybody took a risk when lending or borrowing.

Banks should contribute to the real economy, make a positive contribution to economic growth.

You Cannot Get Out of Debt by Borrowing More Money.