Compound interest on debt was the banker's greatest invention, to capture, and enslave, a productive society. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I won't dispute that bankers' privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder than all these, and yet Be thought an idler by the noisy… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Personally I think the highs of Bankers are not unlike the cravings for drugs and alcohol which is why the two might… — Kyle MacDonald Copy Share Image
Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they… — Alan King Copy Share Image
My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper, mere paper, representing not gold nor silver; no sir, representing nothing but… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Water is an astonishingly complex and subtle force in an economy. It is the single constraint on the expansion of every city,… — Margaret Catley-Carlson Copy Share Image
Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Populists believe in conspiracies, and one of the most enduring is that a secret group of international bankers and capitalists, and their… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with… — Sir Josiah Stamp former President Bank of England Copy Share Image
If the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) raises the hackles of the conspiracy theorists, the Bilderberg meetings must induce apocalyptic visions of… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 million children… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have never had a situation where an investee company would have a good value by having a banker. Investment bankers are… — Ronnie Screwvala Copy Share Image
Whores get bow-legged and bankers get mean, which is strange when you think that if whores get bow-legged, bankers should get generous,… — Ralph Steadman Copy Share Image
The unforgivable sin of Hitler's Germany was to develop a new economic system by which the international bankers were deprived of their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Derivatives serve practically no purpose except to enrich bankers through opaque pricing and to deceive investors through off-the-balance-sheet accounting. — James Rickards Copy Share Image
American bankers believe in the personal touch; the teller conveys a sense that he happens to be there accidentally and he is… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Since I've become a central banker, I've learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions,… — Cary Grant Copy Share Image
Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to… — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
“How was it possible that he could handle Swiss bankers, West End impresarios, senior partners and seasoned solicitors, but was a quivering… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
We don't think of ourselves as a regional investment bank. We think of ourselves as merchant bankers with clients all over the… — Warren Stephens Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is one secret of their power that, having studied the fluctuations of prices, the [bankers] know that history is inflationary. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Bankers don't get to do this. For all the hours, the late nights, lack of sleep and hours of pulling your hair… — Tom Herman Copy Share Image
I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare. — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
Over the years, many in the public have become numb to news of financial corruption, partly because too many of these stories… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The e-mails [from WikiLeaks] show that behind closed doors speaking to these international bankers, Hillary Clinton's pledged to destroy the sovereignty of… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I think we're in the take-the-money-and-run stage of the economy. So the banks may go under, but the bankers, who make the… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
People always try to put a title or a symbol on you. If you work in a bank, you are a banker.… — Eduardo Saverin Copy Share Image
Never give up. The bankers and financial people did not take me seriously initially. Everyone thought I would fail. My attitude was… — Debbi Fields Copy Share Image
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I talk to bankers, distributors, marketing people. I used to sit at home in my tracksuit bottoms, and the real excitement of… — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image