It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion.
Evan Davis
PotentialWonderToo MuchBankUp
I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.
Alicia Keys
WonderAlwaysI WonderBeen
Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
Sampha
MusicWonderSometimesListenGet
I mean, I'm just speaking of my own experiences and my own desires, and it's a kind of a childlike wonder that could really possibly speculate on other dimensions.
Shirley MacLaine
WonderKindChildlikeMy OwnMean
Nothing but a miracle of sovereign mercy could have arrested and saved me from eternal perdition. How I could have so long resisted the entreaties, the prayers, and the tears of my dear parents, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, is, to me, a wonder entirely incomprehensible.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
ParentsMeTearsLongWonderMercy
Not only am I physically and emotionally attracted to women, I also wonder what being a woman would be like.
William T. Vollmann
WomenWomanWonderBeingOnlyWould
I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.
Sam Smith
ChildDestinyLovedWonderYoung
People wonder why I dislike my opponents. It's not personal or that I hate them: it's just that I know what I've had to sacrifice to face them.
Tony Bellew
HateSacrificePeopleFaceWonder
Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.
David Copperfield
OpportunityExperienceLoseWonder
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Plato
LoveGoodLove IsJoyWiseWonder
When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.
R. Kelly
MindThinkWonderWhoPrince
It's happened to far too many Americans. You open up your phone bill and wonder why there's an extra zero, or several, on the amount that you owe.
Tom Udall
YouPhoneWonderWhyOpenUp
I meet young people who know me and are familiar with my stuff. They know the package. They might have cherry-picked five or six key tunes. That's how it seems to work. I sometimes wonder if they realise they are not getting the whole context.
David Byrne
WorkPeopleMeKeyWonderMeet
A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.
Susan Orlean
SnowDaySkyWonderSeemsLike
I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
Nat King Cole
MyselfHelpDownWonderBarriers
What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?
Robert Browning
SoulWonderStopLeftI WonderHad
I'm all about leaving a legacy behind and trying to cement myself as one of the greats. I don't just want to be remembered as the guy who beat Michael Phelps at the 2012 London Olympics - a one-hit wonder - I want to be an inspiration to the kids.
Chad le Clos
MyselfLegacyTryingWonderWant
When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars became available, and their convenience, compared to horses, was undeniable.
FutureThinkHorseWonderWill
When we have a disaster in Japan, I wonder, how can we prevent our lives and traditions and history from the disaster?
Makoto Shinkai
HistoryWonderDisasterTraditions
I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be.
Robin Gibb
MeWorldLongYouWonderMore
Curious people are interesting people; I wonder why that is.
Bill Maher
CuriousPeopleInterestingWonder
It's very difficult to understand, but I'm looking for a nonnarrative, multiscreen, present-tense cinema. Narrative is an artifact created by us. It does not exist at all in nature; it is a construct made by us, and I wonder whether we need the narrative anymore.
Peter Greenaway
NatureLookingCinemaWonderNeed
It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for?
Laura Miller
CityLookingYouWonderTaxOut
I'd love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule and balancing the demands of being a single mother, it's a wonder you can squeeze in anything.
Roma Downey
LoveMotherYouWonderKindSingle
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