It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

不是通过增加国家的资本,而是通过使这些资本中比其他情况下更大的一部分具有活性和生产性,使最明智的银行业务能够增加国家的工业。

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Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded.

山曾经是我的大冒险,但现在是结束了很长一段时间;我还时常梦见从那些美好的日子里,也读过几页从山上抄来的书。但再次积极登山的想法已经消退。

And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.

你知道,我很高兴能让很多不同的行业发生翻天覆地的变化,并确保这些行业不再是原来的行业,因为维珍进入了这些行业,并将它们纳入其中。

There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.

这里有一种基本的张力。有人说,我想把这片森林砍伐掉,把它砍成锯材,因为这对我来说是一件具有经济效益的事情。

The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.

银行的根本问题一直是:它们从事的是银行业,而银行业,无论是普通的还是极其复杂的,本质上都是有风险的。

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

在任何国家,谁控制了货币的数量,谁就是所有工商业的绝对主人。

I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.

我一直对政治感兴趣。我以前是学生会的一员,非常活跃。

We have made people in the industry and the people that see us aware that God loves them.

我们让这个行业的人和看见我们的人知道上帝爱他们。

She feels in italics and thinks in capitals.

她用斜体字感觉,用大写字母思考。