Famous Quotes & Sayings

Diane Lane

We?re not a banking institution, yet a large portion of our time is taken up by trying to collect money.

We're trying to build a solid, sound base on which to grow long term. Our goal is a billion-dollar institution in eight years or less and a $3 billion bank beyond. We have a long-term, long-range vision and goal and we're just executing to get there.

We're trying to build a solid, sound base on which to grow long term, ... Our goal is a billion-dollar institution in eight years or less and a $3 billion bank beyond. We have a long-term, long-range vision and goal and we're just executing to get there.

We thought there'd be a shift to growth this year because value had been leading for five or six years, but we also thought there would be a shift to large caps, which clearly hasn't happened. Meanwhile, value-oriented sectors such as financial services, banks and brokers haven't been strong, another factor helping to drive growth over value.

We think we're setting the standard for performance. If you see what people have done in other bankruptcies, they've obviously looked at our contracts and things like that as a yardstick to measure their own bankruptcy process.

We're not opposed to mitigation sites because we're also trying to develop a bank of preserves. But I do have a concern about where they're located.

We're not opposed to a cost-based interchange. The problem is the banks got greedy and raised the rates just to make more money. If interchange was actually cost-based, it would effectively disappear. In Australia, the interchange rate is less than half a percent. And Canada is a great example: Business is thriving even though the interchange rate is zero.

We think the risk of bankruptcy is too high to continue to hold the stock.

We think there's room for a small cut and look to the Bank to do so if there's no sign of a pick-up in momentum in the economy.

We think the recent surge in fuel prices greatly increases the likelihood of a bankruptcy filing within the next two months.

We think the probability of a Delta bankruptcy filing has grown, and we think investors should be mindful of Oct. 17, when more restrictive bankruptcy legislation becomes effective. That could be a key factor in a Delta deciding whether to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

We think the consolidation in the banking business is going to accelerate. The reason for consolidation remains as strong as ever. It is a national market. It's no longer a regional market.

Keith Davis

Why change things now that were leaving? Guys that are making the league minimum, they were banking on that money.

Why aren't the banks explaining the rules of the game in online banking? Why don't they have flash screens at ATMs on the safety of their technology and steps for using it properly?

You have firm inflation. The Bank of Canada has to continue tightening to keep it in check. Clearly it makes 4.25 percent more likely than 4 percent.

You have to be positive on 10-year bonds when you expect lower inflation. I don't expect the Bank of Canada to raise rates at its next meeting because inflation is low and going lower.

This transaction also provides Wachovia with the opportunity to enter the California banking market in a modest way.

Craig James

This time around we believe that the Bank of Japan is going to learn from past experience. We believe that the Japanese government is going to learn from past experience.

Joe Heck

We know that Medicare is set to go bankrupt in 2024 with no action, and social security is set to be insolvent by 2037.

We view the dropping of the offer as positive. It shows Macquarie Bank is maintaining a level of prudence when bidding for assets.

We continually evaluate our distribution network looking at changing market conditions, retail development and customers' banking habits.

We consider the presence of the settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip illegal. Until the time that they will leave, they should be disarmed.

J. Taylor

We congratulate Commerce Bank on earning the preferred lenders program status, and we commend them for their committed support of small business owners in this country.

We are coming up to the political conventions, and the Republicans, I'm sure, will bring up the semi or partial privatization of Social Security. And if that comes to pass, even in concept, long before it actually happens, it is going to focus on companies that would benefit from this: money managers, bank custodians, all sorts of the major financial companies.

We don't want this credit counseling requirement to be yet another hurdle that consumers who really need bankruptcy relief have to jump over to get it,

We have been saying for some time that a bank is not a bank, ... and I think you are will hearing more of this, you know, look back at the Fed and what they had to regulate had 10, 20 years ago, it's totally different from a bank today, with the full financial service mix of products.

We have folks in Cut Bank and Browning who may benefit from a service like this, especially with the cost of gas as high as it is, ... We've also looked at using the bus for inmates being paroled or discharged in Great Falls.

We really didn't expect the central bank to raise the rate so quickly. It shows the central government is serious about curbing rising investment.

Greta Scacchi

When I was bringing my daughter up alone, my bank manager came over for tea so he could tell me how worried he was about my overdraft.

Malcolm Gladwell

When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety and uncertainty.

We will give Ping An our full support in boosting insurance business, but we haven't got any detailed plans for the moment. The bank can leverage its wide network of branches for the insurance business.

We will encourage communities to bring in principals from hospitals, emergency response services the local banking communities and other services and to engage with the public in a dialogue about what to expect. My goal is to have the public know as much about this issue as I know.

We will definitely see another rate hike next month. The Bank of Canada is somewhat concerned about the economy growing at full capacity. If economic fundamentals continue to be good, the Canadian dollar will continue to appreciate.