Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes capital humiliation lose
To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites. James Buchan amiabilityappetitecommodity share on social
There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation. James Buchan 20thadjustage share on social
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water. James Buchan agocallcentury Change image and share on social
The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease. Monica Potter agobreakcycle share on social
Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital. Mencius accumulateattractcapital Change image and share on social
There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs. Eavan Boland fieldforcehumiliation share on social