Wall St Quotes · Page 8

You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.

— Jason Aldean

I was all-in for President Trump. I was one of the few Wall Street people backing him.

— Scott Bessent

The patient that's on the floor with the cardiac arrest is not Wall Street. It's the American economy.

— Warren Buffett

I would rather be arrested as a traitor than fight a war for Wall Street.

— Eugene V. Debs

Hillary Clinton at the end of the day will be a friend of Wall Street.

— Hillary Clinton

Pride of opinion has been responsible for the downfall of more men on Wall Street than any other factor.

— Charles Dow

This should be the message of Occupy Wall Street: We just want a chance; our government needs to give us a chance.

— Meghan McCain

The dirty little secret, folks, is Obama is not only for occupying Wall Street. He also wants to occupy Main Street.

— Rush Limbaugh

Despite what The Wall Street Journal says, our awards are the best-kept secret in America, with the possible exception of what George…

— Billy Crystal

There are some who think that the government is limited in how many corruption cases it can bring against Wall Street, because…

— Matt Taibbi

I actually never thought that Barack Obama was anything but a typical Democratic party politician, which to me meant that he was…

— Matt Taibbi

I called for a consumer protection financial bureau before it was created. And I think the best evidence that the Wall Street…

— Hillary Clinton

I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a…

— Sylvia Plath

After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent…

— Bernie Sanders

The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time,…

— Bernard Baruch

I have a lot of sympathy with the ideas and frustration of the Occupy movement. I absolutely agree with the sense that…

— Susan Bysiewicz

You can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to rein in compensation. I looked at ways…

— Hillary Clinton

“It’s become a cliché by now, but since 2008, no high-ranking executive from any financial institution has gone to jail, not one,…

— Matt Taibbi

When giant companies wanted more tax loopholes, Washington got it done. When huge energy companies wanted to tear up our environment, Washington…

— Elizabeth Warren

When John Kennedy was assassinated I was twenty-three, a stockbroker on Wall Street and married, and I never ever thought that politics…

— Barbara Boxer

My hope is that the film Wall Street 2 will actually serve as a way for us to bridge that gap between…

— John Buffalo Mailer

“On September 20, the New York Stock Exchange halted trading for ten days. Grant received emergency pleas for purchases of Treasury bonds…

— Ron Chernow

Facts are that the financial advisers on Wall Street today or anywhere depending on which firm, what point in time - 85…

— Sallie Krawcheck

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have deep ties to corporate money. They both have a detailed and complexed view of how some…

— Richard Grenell

“I gave up trying to establish where progress lay, and where revolution, or to see the plot -- as Amparo's [Brazilian] comrades…

— Umberto Eco

The idea that it's smart to allow Wall Street firms, with this "too big to fail" imprimatur, to become hedge funds again…

— Michael Lewis

“His house was certainly peculiar, and since this was the first thing that Fenchurch and Arthur had encountered it would help to…

— Douglas Adams

I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living,…

— Seth Godin

“Now he laughs for real, cackling with the wicked innocence of the bright and easily bored. Staff Sergeant David Dime is a…

— Ben Fountain

“In late 2008, one of my business partners, Clayton Christensen offered his opinion that the recession would have an “unmitigated positive impact…

— Whitney Johnson

“Historically, cities were built on rivers or natural harbors to ease the flow of goods. But these days, since shipping costs have…

— Robert Kunzig

Managing the other fellow's business is a fascinating game. Trade unionists all over the country have pronounced ideas for the reform of…

— B. C. Forbes

I really like to read when I'm eating - 'The New York Times' or the 'Wall Street Journal,' paper version.

— Kevin Nealon

I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat-cat bankers on Wall Street.

— Barack Obama

I don't want to be Wall Street's candidate. I want to be Argentines' candidate.

— Alberto Fernandez

Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks.

— Bernard Madoff

The main event isn't bitcoin. It's using the blockchain to disrupt other industries and Wall Street.

— Patrick M. Byrne

It's easier to write about what you know. I wouldn't write about a Wall Street broker, for example.

— Jean Kerr

I don't think my wheelhouse is comfortable in Wall Street. My wheelhouse is small-town America.

— Jimmy John Liautaud

I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb