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.

  • -- James Surowiecki 索罗斯基

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。

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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.

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。

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

但当我十二岁的时候,我第一次强烈地看到了存在的基本力量之一,它是我注定要终生追随的——那就是美。

I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

当和平不是以基本的体面为代价买来的时候,我珍视它。