Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. Edmund Burke
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. John Ruskin
Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing. Doris Lessing
There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses. David Cameron
The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. Jon Meacham
