“If gun control bore any relation to homicide rates, Washington, DC would be the safest place in the country.” IfsCountryWould BeGunRelationSafetyRateDeceptionBoresGun ControlHomicideWashington Dc Author:Mark Steyn
“I don't know but a book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf--at any rate it is safer from criticism. And taking a book off the brain, is akin to the ticklish & dangerous business of taking an old painting off a panel--you have to scrape off the whole brain in order to get at it with due safety--& even then, the painting may not be worth the trouble.” KnowsMenMayBookWholeOrderBrainCreativityTroubleDangerousPaintingCriticismSafetyRateBoundsDuesBetter OffCalvesTicklish Author:Herman Melville
“The investor should be aware that even though safety of its principal and interest may be unquestioned, a long term bond could vary widely in market price in response to changes in interest rates.” ShouldMayLongTermInterestSafetyResponseRateInvestingLong TermInvestorsPrincipalVaryInterest Rate Author:Benjamin Graham
“It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against political instability. Nobody is afraid that the money they place in the US is at risk of expropriation or of in some other way being taken away. For this safety, the wealth holders of the world are willing to accept a lower rate of return.” PeopleWorldWayCountryPoliticalWealthAcceptingTakenRiskSecurityWillingReturnSafetyRateAttractiveInstabilityPolitical Instability Author:Milton Friedman
“The art of banking is always to balance the risk of a run with the reward of a profit. The tantalizing factor in the equation is that riskier borrowers pay higher interest rates. Ultimate safety - a strongbox full of currency - would avail the banker nothing. Maximum risk - a portfolio of loans to prospective bankrupts at usurious interest rates - would invite disaster. A good banker safely and profitably treads the middle ground.” ArtRunningInterestPayRiskMiddleBalanceHigherUltimateSafetyRewardsRateProfitDisasterFactorsInvitesCurrencyEquationsBankingLoanMaximumBankersInterest RatePortfoliosMiddle GroundBorrowersTantalizing Author:James Grant
“We've seen that in the past that where you've had uncertainty, and even where the Fed is raising rates, Treasurys rise as everybody heads for safety.” PastSafetyRateUncertaintyFeds Author:Gary Shilling
“Here's why I think the public service jobs are almost unavoidable: When we have downturns in the economy - and we will, for we haven't repealed the business cycle - unemployment will build, yet we no longer have any safety net. What are we going to do? Unless we decide to pull out all the stops and lower interest rates immediately and risk turning a recession into wild inflation, we're going to have to figure out some way of providing some more, not job security, but employment security.” ThinkingInterestEconomyRiskSecuritySafetyRateInflationPublic ServiceInterest RateSafety Net Author:Robert Reich
“Ironically, though our society of affluence brings safety and stability, it doesn't bring psychological health. As wealth goes up, suicide and depression rates tend to go up. I read one study that compared women in North America with women in Nigeria, and the group with the highest rates of depression was urban North American women, which is the wealthiest. Now, there are obviously huge stresses that come with poverty, but the poorer the society, the more collaborative people have to be.” PeopleWealthPovertyStudyStressSafetySuicideRatePsychologicalStabilityUrbanNigeria Author:Sebastian Junger