Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Yellowstone River is a national treasure, but building these homes right on the river sets the table for massive bank stabilization and flood control projects in the future, and wrecks the very reason people want to live there in the first place.

The year 2006...is also the last transition year after China's World Trade Organization entry for the domestic banking sector. Doing good work this year in banking supervision has special and important meaning.

They are back here again, hundreds of them. Swallows barn swallows, tree swallows, banks swallows, rough wing swallows all birds that normally would have gone a long time ago.

This ought not be a debt that is subject to the bankruptcy proceeding.

This means that these 18 countries should only be the beginning, ... The World Bank and IMF should extend debt cancellation to all poor countries if they are serious about poverty alleviation.

There was speculation more members would vote for a shift in monetary policy. The bank decided to keep policy with a 7-2 majority and that will make people feel comfortable purchasing bonds.

Whitney Cummings

There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping, and I locked my keys in my car, which wasn't insured. My wallet was in there, and I couldn't call AAA, because I only had $7 in my bank account. It was one of those moments where I was like, 'O.K., I literally have nothing right now.'

There was investment bank selling today on the rally up to $479. You are seeing profit-taking.

There was a tremendous sense of betrayal on the part of the employees because they had bought into the philosophy of being independent and that bank had been so successful, ... To a person, there was a sense of loss.

There will always be an opportunity for boutique banks, based on the number of new ones starting up all the time. It does not mean boutique banks will go out of existence.

There were index adjustments. And since Royal Bank was increased, (index fund managers) had to buy more of that and sell something else,

There were definitely people putting bets on the Singapore dollar in anticipation of the central bank making a change in policy. They've clearly been disappointed.

There were a bunch of rumors. One was that the bank had a lot of exposure, unspecified, to the California utility industry. The other one had to do with some kind of exposure to credits in Europe on the derivative side. As soon as I heard it, I thought it sounded like someone who was short and needed to cover and didn't want to get hurt. It was so weird and vague.

There was yen strength on the anticipation the Bank of Japan could be changing its monetary policy. Those expectations have been curbed.

Willie Sutton

There was the South Ozone National Bank looking as though it had been waiting for me.

The Republic Bank is a distinguished and state-of-the-art organization that realizes the benefits of digital video surveillance in today's workplace. I am pleased that we have been able to extend our international banking presence with an industry leader such as Republic Bank Limited.

There isn't any legacy carrier in the nation that can say with certainty that a bankruptcy filing is not possible.

A capital shortage could be a constraint, but the bank has plans in mind, including a share sale and a subordinate bond sale.

It's just a greater opportunity with more banks and longer hours.

It's just like the Bank of Japan is (considering) lifting its zero-interest rate policy. It's not that the TSE will forcibly implement tighter rules.

It sends a very serious message to those banks that have not yet settled that they better get about settling soon or they are going to pay more and more as time goes by,

It seems like they've been heavily involved in investment banking work this year, and you see the benefit of that coming through.

It's extremely difficult to pull off something like this because there are myriad issues. Ocean National Bank was great in connecting all the dots.

It's easier to hire somebody with personality and teach them to be a banker than it is to hire a banker with personality, because they're pretty rare.

John Morrison

It was certainly more family-friendly than a Friday or Saturday (day) game. But where it will really help us is in October and November, after we go off daylight savings. In the past we've had to rent a bank of lights and practice on a half field.

Jim Hightower

Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.

Jerry Weller

Restrict bankruptcy rules.

Chris O'Dowd

All of this talk of recession offends me. I am delighted that bankers have less money.

GDP is looking a lot weaker than we had anticipated and that should keep the Reserve Bank on hold for a fair while.

Get a credit report every year. Your bank can walk you through the process or get a copy of the report for you if you don't know how to get a credit report.

John Edwards

George Bush doesn't get to pick our nominee, and he doesn't get to decide what this election is about, ... This president is so bankrupt of ideas that he can't even wait until the Democrats pick a nominee before he starts drudging up the past and slinging mud.

Broadly diversified financial services firms, and banks in particular, are looking to augment their revenue, ... This is essentially a bet that the U.S. consumer, contrary to what you may read, is not tapped out.

Michael Lewis

Bruce and I both put $50 in a bank account. That's how we started the company.