“It was the job of people like me to make up reasons, to spin a plausible yarn. And it’s amazing what people… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Trends suck you in, anywhere in the world, patterns you don't even see. It's so easy. Look at Wall Street - look… — Grace Potter Copy Share Image
I am more and more impressed with the possibilities of history's repeating itself on many different counts. You don't get very far… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
The over-representation of Wall Street banks in senior government positions sends a bad message. It tells people that one - and only… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a public relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse.… — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
I think any time you couple the term "Wall Street" with "bailout" or something like that, you know - I don't like… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We need to hold Wall Street accountable for issuing the kinds of deceptive loans that nearly brought our economy to its knees… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
There was a certain faction in America that had always been pro-Nazi, including the Allen Dulles people. These were businessmen, Wall Street… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
I have worked on Wall Street and on Bay Street. I started a charity and I've been doing it while raising four… — Caroline Mulroney Copy Share Image
“Indexed here by the specific feelings of paranoia and guilt, rather than an affective absence or illegibility, Harry’s political passivity, and correlative… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
Greed has increasingly become a virtue among Wall Street bankers and corporate CEOs in the U.S. Nowhere else in the world do… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
“Life expectancy in Tunisia is above seventy-four years, schooling and health care are free, the poverty rate is less than 4 percent,… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
There's one other element I just want to be sure to mention here: that is that there are 43 million young people… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“Tangier is more New York than New York. ... Then you must see how alike the two places are. The life revolves… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“Wall Street is the only place that people drive to in a Rolls Royce to take advice from people who ride the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
My colleagues knew I was writing poems. I never hid it from them. I don't think they ever thought I was cheating… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
The Financial Times is a wonderful publication, as is the Wall Street Journal and many others. But the new generation is consuming… — Henry Blodget Copy Share Image
We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining. — Powers Boothe Copy Share Image
A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Why did so many smart people believe these laissez-fairey tales? It’s a good question. Some of the blame surely goes to the… — Alan S. Blinder Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of sympathy amongst workers for the Occupy Wall Street movement. We understand their frustration. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Captain Richard Phillips of the good ship Maersk Alabama - and Sully Sullenberger splashing down his crippled airliner in the Hudson River… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers. And that, in turn, is why Wall… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image