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- By incentivizing Wall Street players to sniff out inefficient or corrupt companies and bet against them, short-selling acts as a sort of policing system; legal…
- In a pure capitalist system, an institution as moronic and corrupt as Bank of America would be swiftly punished by the market - the executives…
- Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses that…
- To Wall Street, a firm like BP isn't just a profitable energy company with lots of assets like oil rigs and pipelines and gas stations…
More Firm Quotes
- The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance. — Aeschylus
- I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life.… — Richard Nelson Bolles
- A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. — David Brinkley
- Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better… — Eli Broad
- Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by… — Charlotte Bronte
- For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red October' and… — Dan Brown
- To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We… — Ralph Bunche
- I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I… — Michael Caine
- Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set… — Eileen Caddy
- A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick… — Jack Abramoff
- When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and… — George Shearing
- The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our… — Unknown Author