Financial Quotes

The most important appointment Pope Francis has made is the appointment of the Australian cardinal, George Pell, as the Vatican's financial overseer.

The primary goal isn't a financial gain; it's to put out interesting music.

I commend to you the virtues of thrift and industry. In doing so, I do not wish you to be a "tightwad," if you will pardon that expression, or to be a freeloader, or anything of the kind.

Almost every problem people face in their careers and other aspects of their lives - such as failed diets, marriages, and financial problems - are all the result of not taking enough action.

I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.

The fastest way to bring financial ruin upon yourself is to go for a drive in the United States without proof of insurance and current license and registration.

Not one Wall Street executive has been charged with crimes since the 2008 financial crash.

I do sense that the financial system is under the gun. In order to keep our system and economies moving globally, there's the need to extend new money.

An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.

There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

People make mistakes and I'm certainly not saying you [Bernie Sanders] did it for any kind of financial advantage.

We should demand that Donald release all of his tax returns so that people can see what are the entanglements and the financial relationships that he has with the Russians and other foreign powers.

The financial disclosure statements, they don't give you the tax rate. They don't give you all the details that tax returns would.

We need to have a tax system that rewards work and not just financial transactions.

The world economy today is recovering slowly, and there are still some destabilising factors and uncertainties. The underlying impact of the international financial crisis is far from over.

The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.

Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.

Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial.

It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.

We've had fairly consistent financial results.

I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.

I never had the financial means that the media said I had. I laugh when I hear the amounts, $400 million, $800 million. Where do they get this imagination?

I put my money on Brexit. The EU Financial Stability Commissioner, Jonathan Hill from Britain, still owes me a pound.

Anything you can do to protect the public and allow it to have the confidence that our financial controls are good is very, very positive.

For too long, tricks and traps in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial transactions have stripped wealth from working families.

CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us.

Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic.

There is a lot of pain still to be had in the equity markets, particularly aimed at the risky end of the spectrum. We think the fair value on the market is about a third lower in the U.S. . .

I think with every successful consumer Internet business, there will be lawyers that are interested in going after your company, especially when they think that there's a financial incentive.

When there were financial difficulties they still managed to provide us with music and art lessons.

Living above your means is financial sin.

Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.

Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil.

The foresight of financial experts was, as so often, a poor guide to the future.

Since separation precludes financial support or special privilege from government, the churches are free to engage in prophetic criticism of the government and to work for social justice.

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property

In a day and age of global competition and instantaneous financial flows, you have to be highly sensitive to the way in which tax policy impacts your overall competitiveness as a country.

A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

Most people think the Iraq war has increased the probability of an attack. However, it's difficult to put this aspect into financial terms.

If you want to do creative work, there are tremendous sacrifices involved, and tremendous financial sacrifices too. It requires dedication and solitude.

One of the lessons that I hope people will take out is the extreme dependence simply on the financial sector is really dangerous.

For national and social disasters, for moral and financial evils, the cure begins in the Household.

For too long, Americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate in the shadows.

When I became mayor, the city was in tough financial straits.

I have no interest in managing my financial affairs.

I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed.

I'd never really heard of financial abuse, although it makes so much sense when you hear it defined.