Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.
James BuchanOne of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel.
James BuchanSince the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war.
James BuchanBecause bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.
James Buchan