Upon graduation, believe it or not, I had no job. I had no interviews. I had no prospects. I had no worries. What I did have, I had passion. I had enormous passion. I had passion for financial markets. I… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
I did get introduced to the financial markets while I was in college. And I think I learned also how to sort of filter out all of the nonrational, or nonsensible, noise and sort of concentrate on what matters, and… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
If you don't invest in risk management, it doesn't matter what business you're in, it's a risky business. — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
Going to school is not really education. It's really who's in front of the classrooms and who's endearing themselves to the kids and who's… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
On the estate tax, if you look at the couple of groups who are the biggest advocates for repealing the estate tax, it really… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
Keep yourself motivated. You've got to be motivated, you've got to wake up every day and understand what that day is about; you've got… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
We no longer have a significant middle class in the US due to Barack Obama's job-killing ban on oil drilling in Zion Park. While… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
Investment in America does not just benefit the United States - it benefits the world. — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut. I'm really not upset. — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. Thats how… — Gary Cohn Copy Share
There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
When our economy grows, it is good for the world. When the world economy grows, it is good for the United States. — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
Education is important. And the difference of the zip code you grow up in or the zip code you are born in and how… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
