We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

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.

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 know, the benefit in life is to say, 'Maybe you made a mistake, let’s dig deep.'

The world is too sane. It could use a little madness.

Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman.

In each of [my] actions, I'm keeping my promises to the American people. These are campaign promises.

We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us.

Time is the only critic.

I'm not really a tourist attraction kind of guy.

I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that.

I can't blame the drivers for making the move, and I can't blame the owners for being upset.

I didn't have to step up into a leadership role, ... I just had to be there and help out where I could. But this year I had to be more of the man.

I can do a reddish-brown or brown lip, but not a bright red. I just don't look good in it. Over the years you learn certain things that don't look good on you, and that's one of them for me.