Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Dunn

We're still fairly young on the left side of the line, but they're coming along. They're battling and they're fighting. We've got to bank on Mike and John's experience coming through.

We're still concerned, however, about the imbalances in the economy, but it's positive that the central bank is reacting.

We're seeing more and more that Japan wants to implement banking reform. That's the key. That's very positive.

We're seeing massive buying in bank stocks on the back of economic optimism. What we need to see is this sort of targeted buying of lenders spreading to other industries. With that we will have further sustainable gains.

Today's twin reports provide a further excuse for the Bank of Canada to halt at 4.0 percent after next week's hike.

Today's report provides something for both the hawks and the doves on the Monetary Policy Committee. It is, however, unlikely to precipitate a change of policy when the Bank next meets.

Today's economic data was really good. Right now, it looks like the Fed would raise rates in March. Some of the banks that have been suffering as of late, due to the flattening yield curve, should get some help.

You know what you want and you go in and get it. If you need more time, explanation, help with your financial goals, these smaller banks can help you, but they may not be able to offer the Wal-Mart pricing.

Jay McInerney

You know, Greenwich Village was the traditional bohemia of New York. I wish I could say that was entirely true now. It's, uh... changed. It's now got, God help us, investment bankers and journalists, but it's still a very beautiful part of New York.

Hugh Johnson

We need to watch the Japanese parliament and see if they do anything about their banking crisis.

While we have a lot of work to do and a lot of initiatives under way, bankruptcy is not one of them.

Unlike Milan, Italy's banking capital, or Rome, its religious center, Florence was the place where the rich went to buy goods that would showcase how wealthy they were.

We are now looking to recruit new property lenders and treasury people to further boost our presence in this dynamic region - a region to which the bank remains fully committed.

Bud Shuster

We are not talking about a choice between this merger and the status quo, ... US Airways has been hemorrhaging money. If nothing happens, it is my judgment we'll see US Airways in bankruptcy or out of business in coming years.

We forecast the Reserve Bank will raise rates by the middle of the year as it works to damp inflation pressures that are still pronounced.

Peter Mullan

If you go into a bank or a shop and you want them to believe that you're going to shoot them, that's an acting exercise. If you want to turn to someone else who's as tooled up as you are and persuade them to put their knife down because you'll use your knife, that's an acting exercise. Nine out of 10 delinquents are frustrated actors.

Peter Welch

We urge the Department of Justice to carefully investigate and aggressively prosecute all senior bank officials who participated in manipulating the London interbank offered rate throughout the financial crisis.

We have already made big progress in banking reforms.

Helen Zille

We need to know where the money to build the stadium is coming from, how it will be funded and that we don't bankrupt the city in the process.

John Baldacci

We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards.

We could, in fact, have the whole business in profit. But we want to keep growing. We did not get $10 million in the bank to earn interest.

We know that we will have to make sacrifices but we're hoping the bankruptcy judge will perceive what a disproportionate sacrifice Delta is trying to wring from this group of working women -- most of them mothers who help support families.

We have two new stadiums, we have solid sponsors in Rogers, the National Bank and American Express, and we have good relationships with the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour.

We can see what's going on in the market because we have all these other banks we're negotiating for.

Sendhil Mullainathan

Economists specialize in pointing out unpleasant trade-offs - a skill that is on full display in the health care debate. We want patients to receive the best care available. We also want consumers to pay less. And we don't want to bankrupt the government or private insurers. Something must give.

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.

Marcus Samuelsson

Harlem is not a playground for rich bankers and consultants. It's got students of all colors. It's got old people who keep history and tell tall tales.

If there are only three guys at the top of the organization handling things, it's the definition of a bankrupt company. In creating leaders without titles, we are going to have organizations with people at the helm putting forth their best.

Richie Sambora

You look at your bank account, and you see the currency of love and happiness is more important than the currency of money.

Matthew Quick

I'm from a family of bankers and businessmen, and here I am, the artist, the black sheep.

We have thousands and thousands of banks and we have to consolidate to get more efficient.

We have the prettiest bank in The Woodlands. You certainly don't feel like you're walking into a bank when you walk in here. We want our customers to feel comfortable when they come in, and this is just one of the ways that happens.

You are looking at a bank with a cost base going out of control.