Famous Quotes & Sayings

Greta Scacchi

When I was bringing my daughter up alone, my bank manager came over for tea so he could tell me how worried he was about my overdraft.

Malcolm Gladwell

When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety and uncertainty.

We will give Ping An our full support in boosting insurance business, but we haven't got any detailed plans for the moment. The bank can leverage its wide network of branches for the insurance business.

We will encourage communities to bring in principals from hospitals, emergency response services the local banking communities and other services and to engage with the public in a dialogue about what to expect. My goal is to have the public know as much about this issue as I know.

We will definitely see another rate hike next month. The Bank of Canada is somewhat concerned about the economy growing at full capacity. If economic fundamentals continue to be good, the Canadian dollar will continue to appreciate.

We will definitely reform the Agricultural Bank of China.

We will continue to tighten land sales and bank lending to strictly control the number of new projects and curb the excessive growth in fixed-asset investment to prevent a return to overheated investment. The pressure on resources and environment is mounting, the economy is still hampered by a number of shortages and there're still some unstable factors and uncertainties in development.

Glenn Reynolds

This whole process is part economics, part bankruptcy law, part ideology and part game theory -- but 100 percent painful.

This reminds companies it's important to have banks in their more traditional roles of lending.

There comes a point in labor-management negotiations when you have to think about the survival of your bargaining partner, and we are well past that point. The Delphi bankruptcy put a flamethrower on a grim reality that's been evident for some time.

There (has) tended to be a premium for the banks that were going to be acquired, as opposed to the banks that were doing the acquiring.

Stuart Smith

There has been quite a deal of money going into the banks when the markets looked a bit wobbly and the resources are following suit.

When big banks go public, it should be a key goal for them to maximize their market value,

We rode around the bank a few times to see how things looked. We wanted to see when there would be less people in the parking lot.

Diane Lane

We?re not a banking institution, yet a large portion of our time is taken up by trying to collect money.

We're trying to build a solid, sound base on which to grow long term. Our goal is a billion-dollar institution in eight years or less and a $3 billion bank beyond. We have a long-term, long-range vision and goal and we're just executing to get there.

We're trying to build a solid, sound base on which to grow long term, ... Our goal is a billion-dollar institution in eight years or less and a $3 billion bank beyond. We have a long-term, long-range vision and goal and we're just executing to get there.

We thought there'd be a shift to growth this year because value had been leading for five or six years, but we also thought there would be a shift to large caps, which clearly hasn't happened. Meanwhile, value-oriented sectors such as financial services, banks and brokers haven't been strong, another factor helping to drive growth over value.

We think we're setting the standard for performance. If you see what people have done in other bankruptcies, they've obviously looked at our contracts and things like that as a yardstick to measure their own bankruptcy process.

There is no question, however, that the bank was feeling a great deal of political pressure put upon it by the government.

Until you get ... the Bank of Japan actually pushing interest rates (higher) and not just jawboning the financial markets, I don't think the yen is going to find long-lasting support.

Alex Tabarrok

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

I remember times going out and sitting on the bank of the Mississippi river, smoking a cigar and watching the sun go down. I don't know how they will recover from it, I don't know.

People are really stretched. They are banking on everything turning out right for them. That they won't lose their jobs, that they won't run into unexpected expenses. They're betting that the housing market will continue to appreciate.

Our hearts kind of stopped because Mitch is money in the bank at shortstop.

Our investment reflects the confidence we have in Rite Aid's core business and our belief that the combination of our investment and the amendments to the banking facilities and will provide the company with the financial resources it needs to rebound and prosper.

Our Government is committed to pursuing policies and programs which facilitate a further lowering of the interest rates in order to fuel investment and growth. We call on the commercial banks to partner with us in this effort.

Pakistan has not requested the World Bank to extend the deadline for the reply of queries.

Pakistan has not requested the World Bank to extend deadline for the reply of queries.

Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.

owned it for some time. We've liked Bank One ( ONE ) for some time. They've been kind of murky in terms of guidance. Management has made some analysts nervous. But we think that the values are certainly there. Earnings growth is there. So, Bank One would be one of ours, too.

Our contract has been placed in jeopardy as a result of Delta's petition for bankruptcy protection, ... The fight that has just begun will be intense and difficult.

Overage in the quarter (was) mostly due to very strong investment banking results, particularly trading, and good expense control,