“When you lend, have the borrower sign a paper before witnesses”
Muhammad
“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain”
Mark Twain
“When the blood burns, how prodigal the soulLends the tongue vows.”
William Shakespeare
“It sometimes seems like our financial system is set up to penalize those who know the least and have the least … It appears to me that the system has gone beyond beware to buyer be damned.”
Richard Cordray
“When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend.”
Oliver Goldsmith
“In addition, when the index was created in 1981 the typical lending criteria, assumptions and mortgage instruments were considerably different from what they are today.”
Walt Molony
“Lenders could be unwittingly exposing themselves; they may think they are lending 85 per cent when in fact it's more like 95 per cent, which is why some are getting wary.”
Martin Reynolds
