I've asked our people, "Why don't we just put a revolver on top of our basic loan?" Make it easier for the client.

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things; then we'll buy them.

Just because you have a good hand today doesn't mean it's good tomorrow. And some of the things we're doing may become very disadvantageous at some point.

My daughter asked me when she came home from school, "What's the financial crisis?" and I said, it's something that happens every five to seven years.

Our plate is full. We have a lot to do building our company organically and that is our key focus.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

Businesses can be opaque. They are complex. You don't know how aircraft engines work either.

We have built a very good company, and we're proud of it. We also recognize that much of it has been built on the shoulders of the thousands of employees and leaders who have worked here before us.

You never know exactly how new policies are going to work. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try them.

Live in thenow

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.

When a scientist says he believes the Bible--that doesnt give me anymore more faith in the Bible that gives me more faith in the scientist.

For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.

Agreeable advice is seldom useful advice.

There is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was.

I want the people I love to get up and speak about me, and even if you cry it'll be OK. I want you to say honest things.

You’re never going to be the same person you are right now.

Tell X that speech is not dirty silence Clarified. It is silence made still dirtier.