Unfavorable Balance Quotes & Sayings

In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet. — Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos

Next to hating their enemies, men are most inclined to flatter them. — Alexis De Tocqueville

There are many things a man will do, but betrayal for a price is not one of yours. — Jules Furthman

An enormous semiofficial drug-smuggling operation was established in order to improve Britain's unfavorable balance of payments with China - the direct result of the British love of tea. — Tom Standage

And God is always calling me to open myself to all kinds of people that I've never thought about before and also calling me on this inward spiritual journey. — Gene Robinson

Let all things be done in order, with right and decency. Those things are worth a man's life or two. Life without would be a hell, indeed. — Richard Llewellyn

It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are ... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character. — Clint Eastwood

He who attempts to draw any conclusion whatever as to the nation's wealth or poverty from the mere fact of a favorable or unfavorable Balance of Trade, has not grasped the first fundamental principle of Political Economy. — Ernst Engel