Bankers and banks Quote by Anonymous

Why the hell do banks have chains on their pens? if I'm trusting you with my money, you should be able to trust me…

— Charlie Knapp

Why do banks lock their pens to the desk? If I'm trusting you with my money, dont you think you can trust me with…

— Anonymous

Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down…

— Alan King

Banks are kinda cool, you put some money in there. It should be kinda vaguely sexy, but it's not.

— Joshua Homme

The banks run the place.

— Collin Peterson

A bank is a confidence trick. If you put up the right signs, the wizards of finance themselves will come in and ask you…

— Christina Stead

Commercial banks - that is, fractional reserve banks - create money out of thin air. Essentially, they do it in the same way as…

— Murray Rothbard

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

— J. Edgar Hoover

Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets.…

— Vince Cable

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

A bank is a place that promises you to keep your money safe and then lends it to somebody else in order to make…

— Vikrant Parsai

Our whole system of banks is a violation of every honest principle of banks. There is no honest bank but a bank of deposit.…

— John Adams