Quotes About Pierpont

The next day, Cortelyou put $25 million in government funds at Pierpont's disposal

Most revealing is how the letter ends—with Jack portraying himself and Fanny as common victims of Pierpont.

giving him more generous sympathy than he received in return, although the relationship would become somewhat more equal toward the end of Pierpont's life.

Despite the scope of his vision, Pierpont was extremely attentive to details and took pride in the knowledge that he could perform any job in the bank:

It is hard to exaggerate the power that Pierpont accrued.

Pierpont not only reorganized roads but locked up their future financing.

The banker was strong because the railroads were weak, and however much Pierpont deplored railroad instability, he thrived on such chaos.

In choosing partners, Pierpont wouldn't tolerate a refusal.

Not for the last time, Pierpont contemplated retirement.

Jack wrote his mother how things couldn't proceed in New York in Pierpont's absence.

From an engineering standpoint, Pierpont knew little about railroads.

Pierpont always denied his yacht was chosen for the sake of secrecy. "I do not know that that was a part of the consideration

Pierpont "will probably not think of asking us.

There was now enormous British ambivalence toward Pierpont.

Yet however much the British were distressed by Pierpont's bravado, they relied upon him in American financial matters.

Pierpont was a lonely man, and fame probably only deepened his isolation.

The Corsair was a therapeutic, if expensive, toy for Pierpont.

Commodore Vanderbilt's death was a pivotal moment in the shift of business from family to public ownership—a transition rich in possibilities for Pierpont Morgan.

Rainsford also credited Pierpont with intense loyalty and forthright honesty:

From the outset, Pierpont's relationship with Jack differed from his own with Junius.