More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.

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.

You need to understand what goal you were created for and you need to understand your destination

It struck him that there is a beautiful symmetry to life.

Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

Love doesn't necessarily mean bless or agree with, it means sacrifice for and suffer with.

It's pretty much, having everything on your shoulder versus depending on an entire team.

Getting [cruise missiles] more accurate so that we can have precise precision.

... by chance you will say, but chance only favors the mind which is prepared.

You don't have any problems, all you need is faith in God.

When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens.