Dodd-Frank is 2,000 pages long. It covers thousands of rules, regulations, interpretations and things like that.

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.

A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

Emulation is a noble and just passion full of appreciation.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

I've learned from personal experience that insecurity and doubting yourself can really hurt you.

The past is still visible. The buildings haven't changed, the layout of the streets hasn't changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around.

We are already eating less animal foods since a few years ago, but we are still eating 8-9 billion animals per year.

Theoretical physicists accept the need for mathematical beauty as an act of faith... For example, the main reason why the theory of relativity is so universally accepted is its mathematical beauty.

I like to sing along to Annie Lennox and pretend to be as sassy as her.

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.