Quotes About Banks

My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at, say, BarCap, individuals who don't work in the U.K. and are competing with U.S., German or Asian banks, they should look at all these factors.

Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again.

the river sliding along its banks, darker now than the sky descending a last time to scatter its diamonds into these black waters that contain the day that passed, the night to come. — Excerpt from the poem "The Mercy

By fostering the economic health and vitality of local communities throughout the country, community banks play a central role in our national economy. One important aspect of that role is to serve as a primary source of credit for the small businesses that are responsible for creating a substantial proportion of all new jobs.

When financial sectors are small and capital is mobile, floating exchange rates spell massive currency volatility. When a lot of foreign capital flows in, a freely floating exchange rate rises sharply, wreaking havoc for domestic banks and exporters alike.

Logically, it may be argued that banks could indeed lower interest rates and make up their profits through larger borrowing volumes. But banks, in turn, could justify exorbitant rates by arguing that they cater to a riskier segment.

On tour, there's dry shampoo - I use the one by Bed Head.

I think India's growth itself will give opportunities for Indian banks to become substantially bigger.

I like banks because they keep my money safe, but I don't want to talk about banks 12 times a year.

I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.

As American citizens, if you believe all banks were bailed out, you would hate banks. I would, too.

On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.

Remember that banks aren't markets. The market is amoral. The market doesn't care who you are. You're a trade to the market. The market will sell you if they think you're riskier.

I come from a state with many sound, responsible banks.

In Hollywood, they create banks of scripts, whether they are used or not.

and powerful towards both the people and the state. He reaffirms the basic cause of 'our revolution', No taxation without representation; he insists that government revenue 'be kept under public control' and not be given over to the banks to speculate with; and he endorses President Jackson's saying 'No where so well deposited as in the pants of the people, | Wealth ain't'.

I think what Ripple is doing is not just, 'Hey, how do we enable banks' - it's a broader effort in how can you enable an Internet of Things and connected devices that are economic actors to pass a couple pennies.

If competition for Kaggle's top talent becomes fierce enough among banks, insurance companies, hedge funds - we hope the world's best data scientists will earn more than $50 million per year, just like the world's best hedge fund managers.

The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.

In many cases, the Treasury will get preferred or convertible preferred stock for the money it gives to banks. These shares typically don't have voting rights, possibly to give more of a hands-off appearance to the government.

Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.

Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.

In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film.

If you want government to take everything, if you want government to take more and more over with the banks, more of the industries, all of a sudden you're going to have a government auto czar, right there, right down the line, that's socialism.