Quotes About Oversight

Trust is good, but control is better.

Trust is fine, but control is better.

I'm just not sure I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties.

Yes, America is gigantic, but a giant mistake.

Saturate your day in His grace. Entrust your day to His oversight. Accept His direction. Grace, Oversight, Direction G-O-D

A gigantic, bloated government has to keep itself busy in order to justify its existence; hence, you have more regulations and meddling in the affairs of the people, whether they request it, need it, or not.

Hebrews 3:19 supplies the one-word explanation: "So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief." Unbelief. Oh, they believed in God. Their oversight was that they simply didn't believe the God they believed in. They talked a good talk, but their walk did nothing but tread sandal tracks in desert circles.

Unbelief. Oh, they believed in God. Their oversight was that they simply didn't believe the God they believed in.

Financial crises require governments.

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

The biggest issue I have with the CFPB is that I don't believe that they should be funded out of profits from the Federal Reserve.

The Federal Reserve has always recognized the importance of allowing markets to work, and government oversight of financial firms will never be fully effective without the aid of strong market discipline.

The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.

Let's shut down the EPA.

Donors are sick of writing that $200 check to the Red Cross and not knowing whether it goes for the executive director's salary or the office rent.

A manager has to have all different sides covered.

I sign off not only every investment, but every dollar that goes out the door - I'm aware of it.

The government can't even do a good job of something as simple as running the Post Office. How can it be expected to do a good job with something really important, like educating our children?

'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

As we try to make the financial system safer, we must inevitably confront the problem of moral hazard.

You have great athletic directors, you let them run it; you keep yourself informed, but I'm not the athletic director. I'm the president of the university.

The biggest mistake that I see homeowners make all too often is not doing a proper inspection of the home and falling into a project that is a lot bigger than they probably anticipated or budgeted for.

I actually thought that the marketplace was pretty imbalanced when the consumer bureau was first created and financial institutions did not have someone looking carefully over their shoulder to look after the interest of consumers.

You know we're going to control the insurance companies.