You can violate the law. The banks may violate the law and be sustained in doing so. But the President of the… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Who lent the Greeks the most money? It was German banks, and for a long time, they were profiting from it quite… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of switching banks, and my friend said, 'Well, what's wrong with Citibank?' Well, they can't spell 'city.' I hope their… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
Remember that banks aren't markets. The market is amoral. The market doesn't care who you are. You're a trade to the market.… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgages from banks and other lenders, providing those financial institutions with capital to make new loans. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
We have to make sure that the banks pay every nickel of loan losses that they create, but we don't want to… — Edward Conard Copy Share Image
By making their hours more flexible, banks can better serve the needs of our constituents and contribute to their financial well-being. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Close the weak banks and impose serious capital requirements on the strong ones...You see, it may sound hard-hearted, but you cannot keep… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
When the U.K. or U.S. government issues bonds to fund a deficit, the buyers are not solely in the U.K. or the… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
That's the problem with the financial sector. Banks and the financial sector live in the short run, not the long run. In… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The ECB puts out money that is meant to help our banks, but they do not use it to finance our businesses,… — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
Banks need to have large shareholders on the board that have a direct interest in their performance. — Mian Muhammad Mansha Copy Share Image
The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
In addition to their risky investments, the big banks have a history of breaking the law whenever it suits their purpose, which… — Ron Crumpton Copy Share Image
You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
“My bank must stop trying to sell me identity theft protection. You know why I expect you to protect my money? Because… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system. — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Every government, from the Obama administration right through to Angela Merkel, the Eurozone and the IMF, promise to save the banks, not… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
“Taking in money, banks were like industrial vacuum cleaners. Giving it out, they were clogged faucets” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In the real world, banks hang onto their money for fear of making bad loans, no matter how many bailouts or stimulus… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn't rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
This is the twilight of the banks. It would be a more cheerful spectacle if we could envision the dawn of the… — Martin Mayer Copy Share Image
There really isn't a recovery, and no signs of it on the horizon, because people have to pay the banks. It's a… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The banks should give a full, fair, and accurate account of their financial positions and they are failing that test. — Kevin Warsh Copy Share Image
Big banks are more dangerous than standing armies, and the practice of borrowing and spending money to be paid back by the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“If you think you're using real money forget it. You're just using the adult version of play money.” — Anthony T. Hincks Copy Share Image
The world is filled with archaic objects - mailboxes which look like alarm boxes, banks which look like places to break out… — Raymond Loewy Copy Share Image
The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
It would be great if all the fast-food outlets, slaughterhouses, these laboratories and the banks who fund them exploded tomorrow. — Bruce Friedrich Copy Share Image
Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I don't know any bank that dismisses the… — Justin Welby Copy Share Image
I would have shared with the banks my long-term vision and got them involved instead of just going to them when I… — Ken Hendricks Copy Share Image
Let's be honest: It wasn't just the banks who messed up. There were a lot of people who tried to buy assets… — James P. Gorman Copy Share Image
The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
