Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dominic Monaghan

I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths.

Alan Greenspan

Since I've become a central banker, I've learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.

Alan Greenspan

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

Al Pacino

Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?

Baroness Orczy

She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him

Ed Belfour

Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

Brigitte Bardot

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots.

Andy Serkis

I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood.

Marty Heires

Many community bankers have charged that we are going to open branches around the country. That simply isn't true.

Lupe Fiasco

Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.

Ben Bernanke

If bankers become overly conservative in response to past lending mistakes - or if examiners force such behavior - it will hurt bankers' own long-term interests and the economy in general.

Eliot Spitzer

I don't have any particular expertise-I've never been a banker or an investment banker. But I did see an evolution in the system that I thought was problematic.

Julian Callow

Some central bankers perhaps are not seeing growth as strong as the survey data suggest.

Thom Browne

I come from a family of bankers and lawyers, and they joked that they can't believe I'm the one that gets to go to the White House.

Warren Stephens

We don't think of ourselves as a regional investment bank. We think of ourselves as merchant bankers with clients all over the country.

Felix Rohatyn

Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a service that must not simply be about making bigger and bigger deals that reap rewards for only a small group of executives.

Rory Stewart

The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.

Cheryl Strayed

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human.

Ed Belfour

I've learned not to be as maniacal as I used to be.

Andy Rooney

I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

Andy Rooney

I've learned... That when you're in love, it shows.

Colleen Haskell

I guess when somebody offers you a movie, you don't say no. That's what I've learned

Carrie Fisher

Here's what I've learned: that someone can change the course of history with a box cutter.

Nathan East

I've learned that, as much as you would like to, you can't trust everyone.

Katrina Bowden

I've learned to brush off many things.

Nick Offerman

I've learned through experience that to trouble celebrities with my handshake doesn't do anybody any good.