“Youth should be a savings-bank.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) Russian salon-holder
Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 921-24.
"A Wishlist for Fixing Wall Street," New York Times (May 13, 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/business/13sorkin.html?ref=business.
“Youth should be a savings-bank.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) Russian salon-holder
Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 921-24.
Robert Fogel (1926–2013) American economist, historian
Robert Fogel, in: " Transcript from an interview with Professor Robert W. Fogel, 2004 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/1993/fogel-interview-transcript.html" at nobelprize.org.
Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995) American economist of the Austrian School, libertarian political theorist, and historian
The Case against the Fed.
“Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.”
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
2014-09-07
Tom Udall and Bernie Sanders
The Threat to American Democracy
Politico
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/the-threat-to-american-democracy-110683
2010s
“Child support should do just that – support children, not the federal government.”
Paul Ryan (1970) American politician
Press release: [2006-07-10, Reps. Ryan and Moore Unveil Child Support Pass-Through Legislation, paulryan.house.gov, http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentprint.aspx?DocumentID=246775, 2012-09-30]
“There should be no bank too big to fail and no individual too big to jail.”
Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady
Tweet (17 January 2016) https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/688917116314120192 <br class="br">Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016)
“Economics should be under no illusion that central banking will ever become a science.”
Jürg Niehans (1919–2007) Swiss economist
Source: The theory of money, 1978, p. 296
Marcel Proust book In Search of Lost Time
Aussi, les demeures disposées des deux côtés du chenal faisaient penser à des sites de la nature, mais d'une nature qui aurait créé ses œvres avec une imagination humaine.
Source: In Search of Lost Time, Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol. VI: The Sweet Cheat Gone (1925), Ch. III: Venise
“A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.”
Chinua Achebe book No Longer at Ease
Source: No Longer at Ease (1960), Chapter 1 (p. 17)
“You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account.”
Jennifer Weiner (1970) American writer
Source: Little Earthquakes