Fiachra Ó Comhraí

“Indeed, one view of the European debt crisis—the Greek street view—is that it is an elaborate attempt by the German government on behalf of its banks to get their money back without calling attention to what they are up to. The German government gives money to the European Union rescue fund so that it can give money to the Irish government so that the Irish government can give money to Irish banks, so the Irish banks can repay their loans to the German banks. “They are playing billiards,” says Enderlein. “The easier way to do it would be to give German money to the German banks and let the Irish banks fail.”
― Michael Lewis, Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

“The Irish people and their country are like lovers whose passion is heightened by their suspicion that they will probably wind up leaving each other.”
― Michael Lewis, Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

“The only thing capitalism cannot survive is stability. Stability—true stability—is an absence of progress, and a dearth of new wealth.”
― Michael Lewis, Next: The Future Just Happened

“When people know they are being tested, they act like they are being tested.”
― Geoffrey Neill, Hitting Your Funny Bone: Writing Stand-up Comedy, And Other Things That Make You Swear