We did not anticipate the political fallout from it. We definitely didn't need it and we paid it back the first day we were allowed to.

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.

Do not try to be your father boy, it is a hopeless pursuit, particularly when you, like I, have a father of such colossal proportions.

If you don't know where you want to be in five years, how do you ever expect to get there?

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.

I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.

If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.

The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.

For me honestly I think that fight was lost six weeks before the fight even began

Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.

I think I'm a focus for international attention.