That's probably good, all things being equal, for emerging markets, not bad, even though it may not be great for all their currencies.

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 allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.

This is my present, also yours, free to choose. I am here at your side, alive, and no ghost. Let beauty and care forge the weapons tonight.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead.

Does anyone find it ironic how a program aimed at old people is called 'Countdown'?

It's not that I'm so clever, it is that others are so stupid.

... whatever is not happening now is unimportant; it is merely curious.

Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

As the master so the valet.

Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life.