Quotes About Finance

If you buy something on the Internet, and they didn't collect tax, you're supposed to pay it - but nobody knows that. So there's trillions of dollars that were never collected.

The economy is a collection of emotions.

We're a boring retail and commercial bank.

British shows, especially on a first commission, don't get the cash that the U.S. shows get.

Hollywood and Bollywood films cannot be compared because of their budgets!

People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.

I got Everton competing at the top end of the league with a midtable budget.

People have to realize that not having an Ex-Im Bank has a direct impact on U.S. jobs. Not only that, it has a direct impact on long-term competitiveness in a global world.

The money is great, no way am I complaining.

Completing annual appropriations bills would be an important step in responsible federal budgeting.

You can't compromise to keep the film in budget.

I think Dodd-Frank has contributed to a concentration of banking assets in the hands of a small number of banks.

Capital is kind of a banking concept.

Money scares me, and it always has done. I've got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don't like to think about it.

Financial products are the last thing in the world that should be confusing.

There is a belief, at least on the part of the American people, that they can borrow money forever without consequence.

Drying up of capital has different consequences in different environments.

Financial regulators should be particularly attentive to the financial consequences of their actions.

It is incredible to come to work every day surrounded by individuals whose insights and efforts place us at the forefront of finance.

In the restaurant business, if you break even, you're lucky. It's a really hard business, it's a survival business.

My personal opinion is that when the economy does well, anybody who has a deposit franchise will survive and grow because how can you lend if you do not have a deposit franchise?

You know what kind of companies generally survive? Companies that make more money than they spend. I know, duh, right?

'Survivor' wouldn't have happened had I not gone out there and helped CBS to sell sponsors to finance the first one. Part of my thinking on 'Survivor' was that it should have rewards that are corporate brands. A Big Mac, one thimble-full of Coca-Cola.

Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.