Banking Quotes

253 quotes by 196 authors

The banking business is no favorite of ours. When assets are twenty times equity - a common ratio in this industry - mistakes that involve… — Warren Buffett
[T]he only good loan is one that gets paid back. — Robert G. Wilmers
Deposit insurance has proved to be the crack cocaine of American finance. — Martin Mayer
You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses. — Sanford I. Weill
The goal [is] not only to earn high returns at the top of the cycle but also to avoid giving them back at the bottom. — Duff McDonald
No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that… — Jamie Dimon
Money never declines. Money just moves. — Richard M. Kovacevich
Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things; then we'll buy them. — Jamie Dimon
I advise other companies' CEOs, don't fall into the trap where you go, 'Where's the growth? Where's the growth?' Where's the growth?' They feel a… — Jamie Dimon
Every banker knows that if he has to prove he is worthy of credit, in fact his credit is gone. — Walter Bagehot
Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail, — Sally Jewell
What's your favorite book?' is a question that is usually only asked by children and banking identity-verification services--and favorite isn't, anyway, the right word to… — Rebecca Mead
Time is running out fast.Â I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days -- before there… — Willem Buiter
The eyes of our citizens are not sufficiently open to the true cause of our distress. They ascribe them to everything but their true cause,… — Thomas Jefferson
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National… — Smedley Butler
Meyer [sic] Amschel Rothschild, who founded the great international banking house of Rothschild which, through its affiliation with the European Central Banks, still dominates the… — Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Letting things slide is always the easiest thing to do, in parenting no less than in banking, public education, and environmental protection. A lack of… — Elizabeth Kolbert
Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union. — Christine Lagarde
The shadow banking sector has played an important role in cleaning up toxic assets. — Anshu Jain
Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in which we increased… — Warren Buffett

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