I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

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.

Never judge abook by just loking the cover

Any fool can be fussy and rid himself of energy all over the place but a man has to have something in him before he can settle down to do nothing.

GPS is expensive because it is a very slow communication channel - you need to communicate with three or four satellites for an extended duration at 50 bits per second.

I do not 'get' ideas ideas get me.

That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.

I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.

We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

The idea of being a practicing Catholic, it's - for me, it's like - I need a lot of practice, you know what I mean?

Before I started rapping and touring I weighed about 160. But by going on the road every night eating fast food, performing every night, partying and drinking I started gaining weight immediately.

your hands are tough but there mine belong in