Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses; it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions.

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 never think that I am the one who must see to it that cherries grow on stalks

The only way that you can identify and then fulfill your life’s purpose is for you to love yourself, charge up your life and serve the world.

When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.

Art knows, life applies knowledge; art feels, life acts.

Vibrate on a frequency that embraces the gifts, growth, and change of others. Accept challenges & failures as part of your journey. Find your light and let it shine. Know your purpose.

I am proof that Einstein's "e equals m c squared" is wrong. My mass has increased, but my energy has dropped.

God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.

There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures.

My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.

True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other and refuses to believe in the mere daily self.