Joseph A Banks Quotes

#1. The works which this man [Joseph Banks] leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent; and yet his name will shine out with lustre in the history of the sciences.

Georges Cuvier

#2. Are you going to shake my hand,or am I going to rip your heart out?

Robert Asprin

#3. The head of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, made it perfectly clear: sophisticated investors don't, or at least shouldn't, rely on trust. Those who bought the products the banks sold were consenting adults who should have known better.

Joseph E. Stiglitz

#4. The works which this man leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent; and yet his name will shine out with lustre in the history of the sciences.

{Cuvier on Joseph Banks}

Georges Cuvier

#5. Who knows but that England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe.

Joseph Banks

#6. I don't think if we had been able to make that choice rationally, we would have said that's what we want to do. We would have said: "Can't we save the banks and solve our health care problems?" The answer is yes. You could have.

Joseph Stiglitz

#7. When I said "the pocket of the banks," it is not necessarily a mercenary relationship. It is a mindset.

Joseph Stiglitz

#8. International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

Joseph Stiglitz

#9. The recovery of the banks is what happens when you reduce competition, lend money to them at zero interest rates, allow them to gamble. That particular style of restoration actually inhibits the economic recovery.

Joseph Stiglitz

#10. Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

E. Joseph Cossman

#11. The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled its banks, spread out in the tranquil dignity of a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth.

Joseph Conrad

#12. O, how glorious would it be to set my heel upon the Pole and turn myself 360 degrees in a second!

Joseph Banks

#13. It is theoretically possible to warp spacetime itself, so you're not actually moving faster than the speed of light, but it's actually space that's moving.

Elon Musk

#14. A steak needs fat to taste great.

Tom Colicchio

#15. Rather than justice for all, we are evolving into a system of justice for those who can afford it. We have banks that are not only too big to fail, but too big to be held accountable.

Joseph E. Stiglitz

#16. Mr Humphry Davy is a lively and talented man, and a thorough chemist ...

Joseph Banks

#17. Your greatest challenges lead you to your greatest rewards.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#18. That's what people do. Kill the things they're afraid of.

Michael Thomas Ford

#19. The banks own the corporations. In a capitalist society, the corporations have the most capital (money), and therefore they have the most influence. Presidential elections are funded by corporations, and in return the elected officials serve the interest of the corporations that supported them.

Joseph P. Kauffman

#20. Honour to the immortal dead, that great ... company of shining souls who gave their youth that the world might grow old in peace.
- Louise N. Parter

Joseph C. Banks

#21. If we want a healthy economy, we need the issuing of money to return to the government and not to be a power of private banks. We need money backed by real valuable goods, not pieces of paper that must be paid back at interest. Money is supposed to benefit humanity, not make us its servant.

Joseph P. Kauffman