Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dom Capers

Tony Banks has been a starter in the past, and I'm sure he could start for a number of teams. We have total confidence in Tony Banks.

We also have Brazil's strong trade surplus, and the reduction in the central bank offering of currency swap contracts, and they are all combining to push up the currency.

There is also a widespread paralysis of the legal system in our area. The bankruptcy court in New Orleans does not exist anymore.

Mike Nichols

The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money. At the very end of their lives, they get into a space movie and they make a lot of money, but until that happens, basically, they don't have bank accounts. They live from day to day.

John Catsimatidis

The reason I grew so fast in the supermarket business, without help of the banks in those days, was through my vendors. I convinced my vendors, the companies I was doing business with, if I did more business, they would do more business.

The organizers of this bank are sophisticated, so they have a higher probability of success than most.

Nick Griffin

The opening of this new intra-Pacific bank branch is consistent with Hawaii's historic role as a base of support for our Pacific island neighbors' business activities.

The recent hawkish comments from the ECB suggest that the bank is increasingly concerned about the inflation outlook,

There is no immediate effect as a result of any bankruptcy filing, ... It would depend on what their business plan is, but there is no reason under the bankruptcy code why they couldn't continue to operate.

Kevin McCarty

There is not enough capital in the marketplace for a mega-catastrophe and it could in fact bankrupt the insurance industry in the United States,

There doesn't seem to be any evidence that inflation is accelerating. In terms of when the bank can cut interest rates, we are still looking at sometime in the second half of the year.

The recovery is proceeding, but gradually, and that's actually healthy. It's the kind of recovery central bankers dream of -- gradual, not explosive, and therefore long-lasting and sustainable.

A. Milne

There could be a continued lifting in bank stocks and that's a flight to quality. I think you will continue to see people going to the higher-quality, dividend-paying stocks, where they can get the yield that satisfies them.

We've heard too many stories of top executives of bankrupt companies sticking workers with unfunded pensions while running off with millions of dollars of so-called nonqualified pension benefits.

We will probably see strong fourth-quarter growth numbers, and there are no domestic factors that could derail the economy. The central bank will probably end quantitative easing in April.

The same teams return for next season. We've had tremendous support from the fans and Integra Bank and our other sponsors.

It would appear, ... that many of the smaller, more independent dot.com firms have been swallowed up by their larger competitors or have fallen into bankruptcy and eventual closure.

It would be difficult to sell it with their most recent period, which is a horrible result. Goldman Sachs is probably saying that this would be a tough story to tell on the road when you have a declining business, when the other investment banks are posting record numbers.

It would seem the bank now realizes that we are falling into a bit of a deep hole.

It was all grassroots, people's piggy banks and everything else.

The SEC is launching more investigations into more big companies than ever before, ... The list of targets includes plenty of Fortune 500 players, including Bankers Trust, Cendant, Waste Management and W. R. Grace.

These stocks which usually benefit from a weak yen couldn't react to it yesterday because the overall market was dragged down by the falling banking sector.

Wayne LaPierre

The sheer blizzard of litigation is destroying the American firearms industry, ... the strategy is to bury the American firearms industry in litigation and bankrupt it.

These were really excellent earnings. Retail banking was much better than anticipated.

The sticking point for the Reserve Bank is still inflation. It is likely to be September before the bank is comfortable that pressures have dissipated enough.

Tom McCarthy

The state's position is that the bankruptcy filings in both cases were frivolous and for the sole purpose of delaying the eviction.

The statement indicates the central bank is putting a cap on its rate-hike cycle. There is a logical response for the Canadian dollar to weaken.

Thomas Jefferson

I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. The issuing powers should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.

I see no rush to beat the latest bankruptcy law deadline.

I see no further central bank tightening this year.

I share your commitment to conducting a thorough investigation of what, until recently, was the largest bankruptcy filing in our nation's history, ... In light of recent news reports and testimony at this week's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on the role of financial institutions in the collapse of Enron Corporation, I believe these two individuals could provide the committee with information critical to our investigation.

Torii Hunter

I've been with Brad forever, I've known him 13 years, and it's tough to see him go through this. He's such a great guy and it might possibly be his last year. To see him go through this, this early, we know he can still make a good comeback. And that's what we're banking on.

It wouldn't be a surprise if one of the smaller UK banks got bought, but Northern Rock have always had a disciplined organic growth investment model of their own, so it would be something new for them.