Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Banks can't recoup the costs of serving customers who save in small amounts and transact frequently.

Robert Palmer

I joined a band because I didn't like school, and there's nothing else I'd rather have done. If I really wanted to make money, I'd be in real estate. But I'm rich enough. I have a son and daughter, a lovely home, and if I see something I like, I can buy it. That's rich enough.

Marcy Kaptur

The economy may be complex, but Americans understand that the Wall Street banks control an outsized portion of the economy and that they have an outsized interest in their own profits.

Marc Faber

Every central banker in the world pays attention to credit growth, but not in the U.S.

Marc Bolan

I honestly feel it could all end tomorrow. Not just the band thing - I mean life.

Malin Akerman

In '87, I was about 9 years old, and so at that point I was wearing, like, fluorescent green T-shirts and acid-wash jeans and leg warmers, and my hair was in a ponytail with a scrunchie and I had the teased bangs that were up in a rainbow shape. It was crazy.

Marnie Stern

Lightning Bolt and Hella are two bands I listen to, and there's a lot of finger tapping going on there.

Hugh Grant

Lifting of the ban is the first step. But with the labeling, the glass remains half full, half empty.

Major central banks in the world have talked about hiking rates, so if the Bank of Canada signals they are coming to the end of rate increases, it may push investors to sell the Canadian dollar further.

LK Advani

Main problem of Bangladesh was its culture of denial by the government by not acknowledging how can the problem be solved,

Macquarie has always been treated as a growth bank and their guidance that came out, even though it was strong, was probably disappointing to what the market was chasing.

Liberalizing trade by itself is not enough to generate growth and to fight poverty. While the World Bank has done the right thing in promoting more open trade worldwide it has not done everything right to help generate the payoffs.

(Level 3) still has a few more quarters before building sales momentum, but it's not going to go bankrupt - not right away at least. I think they're OK for a few years.

When we cut the price for bananas by 1 ruble, we sell 100 tons a day more... There are people who live within their budget.

Ringo Starr

I like playing with a live band and I've got my act and we're fine.

The product is aimed at benefiting over 1.5 billion non-English speaking people in South Asia, including Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka besides other phonetic script users.

Tess Henley

My mom was in a band for over 30 years, and my brother, sister, and I start taking classical piano lessons when we were three. She's really the reason why I'm still playing piano - she made me practice every day before school and made it a priority even when we didn't necessarily want it to be.

Tess Henley

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually ,I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

Tim Tebow

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

The outlook for the banks has improved substantially in the past six months. Housing lending has held up better than expected and business lending has been very, very strong.

Brian Eno

Every band I've worked with also wants to be countercultural in the sense that they want to feel that they've gone somewhere that nobody else has been.

Bret Michaels

Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.

Billy Corgan

The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.

Billy Corgan

We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.

Bruce Forsyth

I'm not even really a joke-teller. I can do ad-lib and banter, but I don't do jokes.

Brian Johnson

Blackberry Smoke is a band that will never go hungry.

Brad Delson

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

Jamie Dimon

I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

Knute Nelson

Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose, and the farmers and planters are to pay the Taxes in support of this.

Kunal Nayyar

When we first started 'The Big Bang Theory,' I would get incredibly nervous because it's such a big show and I was just out of graduate school. I'd come in and have this huge responsibility for the one line that everyone hopes will bring down the house.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

James E. Faust

Our greatest hope comes from the knowledge that the Savior broke the bands of death. His victory came through His excruciating pain, suffering, and agony. He atoned for our sins if we repent.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

I did not have a mobile phone in 1993. No one did, except the occasional banker or Hollywood star seeming smart, or the main character in 'American Psycho.' In 1993, every day was 'let's get lost.' I could walk Greenwich Village for hours and not be found.