Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kofi Annan

In the midst of the road map process, when each party should be making good-faith confidence-building gestures, the barrier's construction in the West Bank cannot, in this regard, be seen as anything but a deeply counterproductive act,

Peter Greene

Interest rate fears are fully discounted now, which is why bonds are up today. That's why stocks are bouncing, why the utilities are rallying, regional bank groups are rallying. But I don't think the market is going to have much more lift here.

Peter Greene

Interest rate fears are fully discounted now, which is why bonds are up today, ... That's why stocks are bouncing, why the utilities are rallying, regional bank groups are rallying. But I don't think the market is going to have much more lift here.

In that environment banks should do well psychologically as well as fundamentally.

I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.

If you were rating bank CEOs on investing for revenue growth rather than tweaking the existing system, John would rate way up there.

If you want to be a survivor in the global banking market, you need size, and the U.S. is the best place to get it.

In my judgment a bankruptcy certainly is not precluded from being an ultimate scenario. However, I don't see it on the more immediate horizon. If you are a company of this magnitude ... to a certain degree the banks feel it is in their interest give you more rope and keep you going in the hope and expectation that you'll turn it around. I think that's probably what's going to happen here.

Chris Spencer

In a couple of weeks, we are one company, one retail bank in Texas.

Milton Friedman

No central banker would disagree with the proposition that inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon. Not one of them will disagree that every inflation has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the quantity of money and every deflation by a decline in the quantity of money.

Thomas Stevens

If Congress does not want banks to engage in real estate brokerage or management, it is inconceivable that it intends to permit national banks to engage in real estate development, which is a much riskier activity.

Don Mitchell

If concerned that a bank note is counterfeit, they should retain the note, write down the description of the person passing it, where possible the registration number of any vehicles used and should contact their local police immediately,

He absconded with money from a bank and has disappeared,

He owed some money. He chose this route a bank robbery to try to pay some gambling debts rather than talk to his family members, borrow money.

If he wants to see the future generations of Palestinians and Israelis living in peace, what are the forces doing in the West Bank and Gaza?

If I look at our priority list on the things we need to do to get cost-competitive, wage rates are nowhere near the top for us. We have a far greater burden in legacy costs, in flexibility of using our work force, in jobs banks than we do in wage rates.

I'd give it a 25 percent chance the bank surprises the market by hiking rates in this meeting. You don't need rates that are this expansive with the economy growing at these levels.

I certainly welcome discussions on how central banks can best contribute to sustained economic growth and sound development of the global economy.

Icelandic banks have effectively been shut out of global credit markets, and a credit crisis is just around the corner.

I can re-create everything in my lab, but it's going to be painful. Stem cells in the gene banks and the cancer cells in the tumor banks: Those are irreplaceable.

Sarah Ulmer

I doubt if the bank saw it that way, but it was a courageous decision by them. I was an outside prospect from nowhere but I needed to pay for that trip somehow. I think that credit card was like the cycle; it got a really good workout on that trip.

I don't think he profoundly believes in a two-state solution, ... But he understands in the current situation he cannot have both the West Bank and Gaza.

I don't think ever before have Wall Street banks and investors jointly petitioned the SEC to require more disclosure in public offerings.

I don't think Chase and Bank One will let that happen.

I don't think Boston Scientific could have gotten its offer to $80 a share without Abbott. I don't think they could be there at all without what has in effect become, 'The Bank of Abbott.

Marc Faber

I am pretty sure central banks will continue to print money, and the standards of living for people in the western world, not just in America, will continue to decline because the cost of living increases will exceed income. The cost of living will also go up because all kinds of taxes will increase.

I do see the Bank of Canada looking to raise rates, and the converging yield curve between Canada and the United States will continue to underpin the Canadian dollar.

I don't think this is going to cause the Bank of Canada to differ in its ways. We still think 4 percent (overnight rate) is the likely peak for them.

I don't think they want that process going though a bankruptcy judge.

I don't think the jump is mainly caused by the revaluation of RMB. The main reason, I believe, is that commercial banks are tempted to put money in the inter-bank market where potential risks are lower than lending.

Tom Browning

He's one of the great CEOs in corporate America...not just banking or financial services. When you look at the performance of the company over time, it's one of the great success stories you'll find anywhere.

He's one for the future and not likely to put any immediate pressure on Craig Gordon and Steve Banks yet.