Famous Quotes & Sayings

The earnings have been good. It indicates the fundamental trends are continuing to be good for the banking industry. I think we'll see 10 to 12 percent growth for the industry next year.

The earnings for the banking industry have generally been pretty good, ... We've had more pleasant surprises than we expected -- we anticipated a relatively dull quarter.

The earnings data may encourage the Bank of England to hold off from cutting interest rates in the immediate future as March while it seeks sustained clear evidence that the pay settlements for 2006 are remaining contained (the early signs are that wage moderation is continuing). However, we believe that interest rates are likely to be trimmed by a further 25 basis points by May.

William Johnson

The driving energy and sheer exuberance of these bands will produce a spellbinding musical event that will be enjoyed by the entire family.

The Japanese economy for the first time in 15 years is getting up off the mat. They've gotten their banking system back in shape. Europe will probably muddle along, but China's growth will still be quite strong.

Greg Lake

The less people that are on the stage, there's more drama. You start living the music with each individual. When you see a band with ten people on stage, just a huge ensemble, you don't know who's doing what.

The levels of corruption in Bangladesh and Chad are extremely serious and have devastating consequences for ordinary people, who have to pay bribes simply to get things which they're entitled to.

The law has a one-size-fits-all approach, ... It treats people who have been hit by hurricanes in the same fashion as people who have ended up in bankruptcy from gambling or overspending or misusing the credit they were given.

Ed Asner

The interns recommended a new, Survivor format for news anchors. Every week viewers can vote to banish a news reporter off to 60 Minutes, 48 hours, or some other pseudo-news program. The one who's left will be our new anchor.

The internet means record companies have to fight a bit harder. I think the bands are probably in a stronger position, as they are not so desperate for the record company to magic up the audience. They come with an audience.

Steve Martin

The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people; that's the way I was; that's the way a lot of banjo players and people who love the banjo are.

The loss of the West Bank was a shock to everyone,

The listing of the four big state-owned commercial banks is up to them. The reform on the Agriculture Bank of China is also underway and will not be rushed.

The lion's share of loans are generated by the federal loan program, but increasingly, there are a lot of private alternative loan programs offered by banks and savings and loan institutions out there, too.

George Benson

The jazz always seems to automatically come out, because it was from my jazz days that I learned that spark. And the nice thing with my band and this repertoire, which is a complete joy, is that we go beyond just playing chords and melody. It is music that can stretch out.

Elliott Smith

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I cant do by myself you know.

The depth of management that Riverside had is why they've been so successful and one of the premiere community banks over the last 10 years.

Ben Bernanke

The Depression was an incredibly dramatic episode - an era of stock-market crashes, breadlines, bank runs and wild currency speculation, with the storm clouds of war gathering ominously in the background... For my money, few periods are so replete with human interest.

The difference between tendering a guy a one and a one and three is not that much money, so why not tender him the one and three and really make sure?'' Banner said.

Robert Cray

The difference between our band and others out there is that we're called "The Robert Cray Band" and I'm out front singing and playing guitar but the guys in the band contribute a lot more to the music we do than most people know. They play on all of the studio recordings and we write together.

Michael Gregory

The construction sector continues to be a contributor to Canadian economic growth, which should make the Bank of Canada feel a bit more comfortable about any forthcoming rate hikes.

The disappointing decline in manufacturing output is most unlikely to sway the Bank of England from leaving interest rates unchanged on Thursday.

Jeremy Corbyn

A national investment bank can invest to provide us with the foundations of shared and ecologically sustainable growth: renewing the U.K.'s energy, digital and transport infrastructure which lags woefully behind other major economies.

Tony Blair

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.

Simone Elkeles

and the bananas are overdone.

Tim Gane

I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!

Lenny Kravitz

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

Laurent Fabius

Shopkeepers are not bankers.

Thom Yorke

I suppose one thing that's always fascinated me is that thing where you're a band and you want to start recording and you get a label and a producer, and then there's that pressure to go out there and really toil.

Selena Gomez

I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band.

Shelby Lynne

My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.

Phil Anselmo

To me, I'm for a band whose forefront is the music

Peter Schiff

It can be argued that the U.S. brokerage and investment banking industry has transformed the modern American stock market into nothing more than a mechanism for transferring wealth from shareholders to management.