Quotes About Finance

Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.

More debt interest, higher taxes, a smaller GDP. That is the Liberal plan.

Many of the smaller banks have had to get to the point where they now have more compliance people than they have lending offices. That's crazy.

I am a governor who left office with a smaller general fund budget than when we started.

When you take smaller gambles, no one particular deal can be big enough to have a material adverse effect on the company.

When I was 20, 21, 22 years old, I was making really good money for a 22-year-old, but it wasn't a huge pot. And of course I made a lot of mistakes. I'm glad I got to make those mistakes with a smaller pool of money and learn from it as opposed to learning the hard way with bigger amounts of money when there would be more consequences.

Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.

The big message I give to all of our clients, and anyone we lecture to, is you have to be smart with your money.

You can be this super-successful woman who's smart and effective but still feminine. When I worked in finance, I didn't always think that was possible.

If you're living off credit-card advances and ramen noodles, a buyout offer might be too hard to resist. And you'll be even smarter the second time around.

Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

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You know, I've never really liked paying bills. I don't think I'm gonna do that, either.

Inflation is taxation without representation.

Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.

Inflation is taxation without legislation

I love B.C., but you know what taxes are like in Canada.

Credit is an 'I love debt' score.

I pay tax, and I pay federal tax, too. But I have a write-off, a lot of it's depreciation, which is a wonderful charge. I love depreciation.

I love free trade. I love the concept of free trade. Everything about it is good. I went to the Wharton School of Finance. They say, Let's go free trade.

Setting up a college fund would be a great way to redirect the tangible evidence of Daddy's love.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.