All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.

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.

I do not fear the nightWhen I know that todayI am bathed in a lightIt cannot be stolen away

I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.

The tribunal of God and of the pope is one and the same.

I'm always talking to people. It's not that complicated. I just find somebody and say, "Do you have any ideas." If they do, we just start thinking things around.

A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction.

Those who have come to the United States illegally should not be given amnesty or an easier path to citizenship over those already in line.

You have cast out the wonder of creation - man and woman - and you have put money in its place. This is a basic terrorism against all of humanity! Think about it!

It's been a long time since I've been in the playoffs. I want to get back there.

I am qualified for this position, have a right to run for it, and am in the race.