We've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.

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.

There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.

You are the architect of your life.

I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.

My mind wanders a lot, but fortunately it's too weak to go very far.

I remember thinking, I want to work for the camera.

Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest. [Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]

I kind of look like every other girl walking around.

Christian! His parents had nine months to to think of a name, and the best they came up with was Christian!? My parents had nine months and they didn't call me Jew!

My face felt like my normal face, as if that part of me hadn’t transformed into a bird. [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken. Happy?]

It's only advice. Ignore it if you want.