Quotes from Jamie Dimon

It can take a long time to get the rules in place that are conducive to growing, sometimes.

We're not fair weather friends. We've been in places for a long, long time.

We are totally open kimono with regulators.

America is best when we come together with clear leadership, expertise, and the political will to take on difficult challenges and get things done. No one should ever doubt the strength and resilience of our country and our democracy.

The United States has the best, deepest, widest, and most transparent capital markets in the world which give you, the investor, the ability to buy and sell large amounts at very cheap prices. That is a good thing.

I think that technology is the best thing that ever happened to mankind. It's an absurd notion that somehow, 'My God, what are we going to do when driverless cars come along?' It's going to save lives on the road. And maybe, one day, we'll all be working four days a week and not five or six days a week.

Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses; it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions.

First of all, I yell very little, just so you know. Maybe years ago I did more, but I yell very little.

People and companies make mistakes. I guarantee we'll make a mistake next quarter. So what? Businesses make mistakes. Hopefully smaller, and fewer.

Banks also have to say no to customers. We can't always give clients what they want; it may not be in the client's best interest.

Some things never change - there will be another crisis, and its impact will be felt by the financial markets.

Americans should understand that 50%, or something like, of the kids in inner-city schools, often poor and often minority, don't graduate. And the ones that do don't necessarily have the skills to get a job. That is the biggest disgrace in this country.

I'm a little bit of an eternal optimist. People always say to me, 'If you go do this and it fails, what are you going to do?' I don't care. I'm going to give it my best shot. That's what I'm going to do. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. And I'll try again.

I agree with people who say we want more income equality; we want more consumer protection; and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that.

We represent companies from around the world who say, "I want to look at Japanese companies. I want to invest in Japan."

Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .

Our investment bank looks like it does because its customers like our expansive network and want to do equity, debt, M&A, custody, move money, deposit money, et cetera.

In America, we have a two-party system, and the American Constitution is a piece of brilliance, but they did not know when they set it up we would just have a two-party system. It just so happens that our electorate pushed towards the two-party system because it's a very good way to govern.

If you're blindly loyal to me, then you're just acting like a crony of mine. If you say you admire me because of the principles for which I stand, I understand that, but then you also have the right to call me to the carpet when you think I'm falling short.

When people blanket a whole class of people with statements, I just think that is unfair to everybody. I could do the same thing about media. I can do the same thing about politicians or lawyers, and they're just never accurate.

The best way to look at any business is from the standpoint of the clients.

The denigration of business hurts America, because the secret sauce for our economy is confidence. I don't want to hear that nonsense that all business is bad.

Businesses can be opaque. They are complex. You don't know how aircraft engines work either.

You never know exactly how new policies are going to work. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try them.