Our investment bank looks like it does because its customers like our expansive network and want to do equity, debt, M&A, custody, move money, deposit money, et cetera.

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.

Where would we be without it, memory? Well, it'll never die here. Never in this country. We feed it too well.

I don't know if Jerry Lawler got here in a plane, or a time machine.

The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.

No one makes a million dollars with minimal effort unless they win the lottery.

I love to go on stage and sing.

Dance brings us all together.

I think that sometimes kids use the show as a jumping off point for talking about things with their parents.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

You kind of can't help who you'll fall in love with. I'd date someone who isn't in the business in a heartbeat.