Fred Green Quotations

Most importantly, the medium-term fundamentals remain very good. Asian trade remains a great fit for our bulk exports and our Vancouver gateway for import-export containers.

We are delighted to officially enter three dynamic Florida markets through the acquisition of First Florida. First Florida has a team of talented bankers and investment experts who are empowered to deliver financial solutions and make local decisions that best suit their customers' needs. Through our partnership with First Florida, we can increase the resources of the local bank so they can offer even more robust products and services to both commercial and retail consumers in these rapidly growing markets.

We want those guys to take advantage of what that market delivers and support them in their ability to deliver it. The last thing that we want to do is start telling our banks' CEOs what they ought to be doing in their markets because we (in Columbus) don't have the market knowledge that they do.

We compete vigorously as two railroads, but we've got an operations solution here that I think that the terminal operators and port authorities are going to be pleased with.

We think there continues to be some pretty strong price opportunities in the market.

We're taking another handoff out of the game. The outcome will be to create capacity for the shipping community and give them confidence in our ability to meet their needs to grow.

The strategy, in its simplest form, is to get what I call a disproportionate share of new people moving into the market.

A number of recent transactions have been well-received by the market, and that has given boards of directors the ability to approve deals.

They've got lots of money, and they're on the prowl.

In forest products, we're still cautious given the softness in the pulp and paper market and the strength of the Canadian dollar.

It is important to expose yourself to ideas you don't agree with from time to time. Attend a political rally of a party you do not like.

The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself.

Don't worry about how things are. Watch where they are headed.

If you want to meet girls, by far the best method is to carry a baby or a puppy.

Don't worry about where you are. Watch the first derivative.

The first piece of luggage out of the chute doesn't belong to anyone, ever.

Are you sick and tired of men sniveling and whining about how we women want to smother them? If you can still hear them whining you aren't holding the pillow down hard enough.