Beware Quote by Felix Rohatyn

What is desperately needed... is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides.

— Felix Rohatyn

I think there are two areas where new ideas are terribly dangerous: economics and sex. By and large, it's all been tried, and if…

— Felix Rohatyn

Hillary Brown understands that?for our grandchildren's sake?we must rebuild America and, in doing so, re-imagine our interconnected infrastructure systems to make them more efficient,…

— Felix Rohatyn

I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.

— Felix Rohatyn

Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a…

— Felix Rohatyn

At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.

— Felix Rohatyn

Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

— Felix Rohatyn

Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth; it requires the creation of wealth, geared to an economy that can provide employment for everyone…

— Felix Rohatyn

The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around…

— Felix Rohatyn

In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and…

— Felix Rohatyn

The whole market mechanism and its evolution is something that, I'm kind of of the Buffett School. You know, if I see a derivative,…

— Felix Rohatyn

Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired.

— Felix Rohatyn