Bases Quote by Vikram Pandit

How did we go bankrupt? Two ways. Slowly, and then all of a sudden.

— Ernest Hemingway

Many bought into the idea that America could go from a technology-based, export-oriented powerhouse to a services-led, consumption-based economy - and somehow still expect…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

And people really behaved in a fraudulent way or something, we'll go back and find the culprits later on. But that really isn't the…

— Warren Buffett

However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we…

— Gerard Arpey

In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large part be…

— Warren Buffett

We faced a crisis caused by the Federal Reserve, the corporate tax system, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Community Reinvestment Act. But…

— David Boaz

The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over…

— Gil Amelio

Millions of Americans were duped by the federal government and the Federal Reserve into buying homes they could not afford and failed to count…

— Mark Skousen

We spent $100 billion on education, saving the education system 300,000 teachers who were laid off because of the recession. We also put tens…

— Joe Biden

What became clear is there had been a systemic trend across the U.S.... markets had come to be controlled by a very small number…

— Lina Khan

This crisis exposed very significant problems in the financial systems of the United States and some other major economies. Innovation got too far out…

— Timothy Geithner

We continued to build the business, even in the worst of times. We do business all over America.

— Jamie Dimon