Aokpe Quotes & Sayings

Every regulatory speech on derivatives takes a bow to their hedging 'benefits.' Less publicly, regulators pay their respects to derivative profits, a blessed relief from the banks' troubled loans to less-developed countries, highly leveraged companies, and real estate swingers. — Carol Loomis

The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny. — Milton Friedman

Dylan can do no wrong. — Warren Zevon

So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments. — Uri Geller

Aokpe will always be special because it was the reason Kambili and Jaja first came to Nsukka. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When you are told, "It was meant to be," ask, "Who meant it? What does it really mean?" Is someone trying to make you accept an undesirable situation or one in which you have doubts? When you are told, "Shit happens," remember that plenty of other things happen as well, such as generosity, forgiveness, ambiguity, and uncertainty. When you are told, "It's simply fate," ask yourself, "What is simple about it? What are the alternatives of fate? What is fate's opposite? — Amy Tan