Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Greene

Regulators can't regulate the banking sector by themselves. They need the market.

Stephen Greene

Regulators can't regulate the banking sector by themselves, ... They need the market.

Subodh Kumar

People looking toward putting money into the banking stocks have taken it out of the resources as opposed to taking it out of things like BCE and Nortel,

Richard Jerram

Some people are thinking that is a little bit too small to get the banking system back on its feet.

Glenn Schorr

Overage in the quarter (was) mostly due to very strong investment banking results, particularly trading, and good expense control,

Mark Guibert

RIM has consistently acknowledged that Supreme Court review is granted in only a small percentage of cases and we were not banking on Supreme Court review.

Andy Penman

Retail banking remains a concern, as does unsecured lending. However, with bid speculation helping the valuation, this should provide support for the share price.

Adam Dener

Retail banking is a distribution game. The models for best practices in distribution are companies like Wal-Mart and the niche retailers.

Cindy Bright

It is a relief for them to know that using today's technology, we are taking measures to insure that our banking customers will not take a loss on a fraudulent check.

Karen Rugen

Our lead banks support the plan and we believe the plan is in the best interest of our other lenders, so we expect to get all the approvals we need.

Mary Long

People like the banks and hospitals have hundreds of openings.

Jason Schenker

Such a strong report by a financial institution has to help others in the same sector. Rates have been rising but gradually, which gives some banks opportunity to adjust.

Luis Gutierrez

Our bill ensures that national banks will be bound by state consumer protection laws, including predatory mortgage lending statutes.

Steve Jones

Retailers, as well as banks and restaurants, are constantly refreshing their stores so that they look new and exciting.

Chris Hoofnagle

Retailers and banks are trying to pass a law that's much weaker.

Michael Joynson

Retail banks are the best way to play the improving consumer environment, and investment banks have been performing well on the back of a strong market.

Boris Schlossberg

Reserve diversification by central banks has been a key driver of dollar weakness this year.

Zeng Jun

Remember, interest paid to banks only comes back to you in the form of a billing receipt. Nothing else...

Kurt Barnard

Rebates are wonderful to the extent that they are executed, regardless of the deficit.

Tom Masters

People have been quite dissatisfied with the extent of consultation that has taken place.

Anthony Chukumba

I was a little surprised that the fourth quarter guidance at the mid-point is a little weaker than people were looking for ... but to some extent that?s nit-picking.

Robert Herzfeld

The allegations are despicable, ... The suspects will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Matt Mullenweg

I think it's really important for the independent web to have a platform, and to the extent that WordPress can serve that role, I think it's a great privilege and responsibility.

Dr. Roberts

I think time will tell to what extent he recovers from this.

Jim King

I think to the extent that property values go up out there it will have nothing to do with the arena.

Norman Mineta

I think that's just a swag and so to that extent I don't think that will be the case.

Paul Williams

It is likely that many of the organizations reporting an intrusion did not realize the duration, extent or severity of the intrusion, or detected only a portion of multiple separate intrusions during the reporting period.

Randy Carlyle

Our players worked extremely hard. It was a fast-paced game, and it wasn't no-hit hockey. It was a physical game and those are tough ones to play.

Richard Michaelson

Our reaction was extreme surprise and disappointment. Everything was sorted.

Ted Roof

Our quarterbacks played under extreme pressure. I thought they did a good job hanging in there. What they did today, that wasn't easy.

Michael Heisley

Pau Gasol is extremely popular in Spain. I don't know how much he sells, but I get nothing in Spain. The money goes to the league, and they use it for whatever they choose to use it for to run the league.

Vincent Charles

Peace is still not assured, and we must remember there are still millions of extremely poor and hungry people who need help.

Steve Toltz

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.

Budge Pountney

Steve has played in the back row a number of times and every time he has, he has done extremely well,

Sen. Garrett

States are grappling with how to handle this. Many are going from one extreme to the other, and I think what we've done is strike a balance. I can honestly say that what we've done could be model legislation.

Patty Murray

States are extremely nervous about what's going to be required of them.

Tom Gavin

People make errors. The problem here was not the error. It was the failure of us to look at it end-to-end and find it. It's unfair to rely on any one person.

William Feather

Success makes us intolerant of failure, and failure makes us intolerant of success.

English 20th Century Proverbs

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility.

Jerry Patterson

I think the state has failed. The failure goes back decades. The culpability goes back decades. We just didn't pay attention.

Marty Bahamonde

I think there was a systematic failure at all levels of government to understand the magnitude of the situation.

Julia Louis

I think there's pressure, period, regardless of the past successes or failures of any of my friends,

Gene Orza

I think there has been a failure by some people in the press to distinguish between a player who's not playing because he feels he can't and the guy who's not interested in playing in this kind of tournament. The latter kinds of guys are very few in number.

Tim Taylor

Last week we were set up for failure from the get go. We had three games in four nights. Monticello played really well. There guards really pushed us to the limits, but we need games like that. We need to be in those situations to understand how to win.

John Logan

Everything about 'Hugo' to me is poignant, from the broken orphan to the old man losing his past to the fragility of film itself.

Pina Bausch

Your fragility is also your strength.

Pope Francis

God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.

Steven R. McQueen

Michael Fassbender is a very masculine person. But he has a fragility that allows him to have a relationship with an audience that has no barrier.

Jim Calhoun

Regardless of our success over the years, whatever it may be, Providence has always played us close. Providence has given us a lot of problems.

Richard Hartley

Previously, I wouldn't have given us a good grade at all. But since we have (business manager Renee Hinton) in place, we're doing a much better job. I don't know if I'd give us a letter grade.

Wang Jian

Our research showed that about one-fourth to one-third of the tickets to a performance are given to government organs without charge.

Jerry Rickrode

Our mental psyche has not been real strong. But I'll say the guys haven't given up on it. We're working hard and trying to make adjustments.

Margaret Keane

Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.

Eric Smith

Some of the requirements had given us very challenging manufacturing tasks.

Chris Klein

Our problem is holding that lead and making Houston or any other team panic when they're a goal down. We've twice now given up that lead too quickly.

Patrick Manteiga

Our staff has given them some break. This is just a group without a lot of money.

Robert Sasaki

Our scenario in 1999 is that 10,000 on the Nikkei is a given - 8,000 is possible. We think that if the market goes to 8,000 it's good. It's not going to stay there for very long.

Igor Luksic

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.

Shane Oliver

Our market will be largely hostage to what's going on globally this week.

Silvio Berlusconi

It is an historic meeting of global significance.

Steve Shaw

The 3GPP really legitimized UMA. It's no longer just a vendor-driven initiative; it's now a global effort.

Bill Gates

It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.

Nauman Barakat

It is not 9/11 in its devastation or its impact on global demand. Therefore this sell-off will be very temporary.

Thomas R. Insel

I was sure I was going to be a doctor of global health or tropical medicine in some underdeveloped country.

Quincy Jones

Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.

Yoshihiro Maruyama

For Xbox, Japan really is a key, important market in the global strategy that we have,

Phil Ramon

Some of them will need some major (repair).

Joe Jenkins

That day, there was nothing major going on,

Harley Dale

Outside of NSW spending on major renovations was softer, but not substantially so at the end of 2005.

Alan Greenspan

Roger was the major policy maker during 9/11.

Shane Coursen

We now know that it's not only a threat to smart phones. All these regular phones that support J2ME are vulnerable and can become a major target.

Shizuka Arakawa

I was a little nervous today, but there was not any major mistake tonight. It was ok.

Silvan Shalom

I think there was a very major breakthrough today in the relations between us and Pakistan,

Tony Benn

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

Steve Forbes

The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off.