Banks Quotes
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The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.
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We looked into the abyss if the gold price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several trading houses, which might have taken down all the rest in their wake. Therefore at any price, at any cost, the central banks had to quell the gold price, manage it. It was very difficult to get the gold price under control but we have now succeeded. The US Fed was very active in getting the gold price down. So was the U.K.
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The staff members of all banks have worked very hard, and we all owe them our gratitude.
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I have a responsibility to banks, to shareholders.
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Nothing matters at all. Survival is the coin of the realm. Time is a river with banks.
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Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
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Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products.
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Banks and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.
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The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks.
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In Clay’s time the federal government issued only metal money: gold and silver coins, called specie. Paper currency was the responsibility of banks, which promised to redeem their notes in specie.
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No business in the economy has the easy money that banks get to play with.... The existence of banks with single digit amounts of equity is a completely unhealthy existence - that is not only a risk for the banks, but for all of us.
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Everyone knows that Jews control the media and banks and stuff. But did you know that when you go to a carnival and you have to be a certain height to go on a ride, Jews control that height? It has nothing to do with safety. It's just us flexing our Semitic muscles.
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The banks refused to deal with us, and they are still refusing, because of American gang-like actions.
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If the banks become unreliable lenders, apartment prices will drop dramatically.
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We need to change how we run banks. We need to change the culture. If we get it right, we can have a huge impact.
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Close the weak banks and impose serious capital requirements on the strong ones...You see, it may sound hard-hearted, but you cannot keep unsound financial institutions operating simply because they provide jobs.
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Many custodial banks and brokers will only promise execution of these registration instructions if they are given instructions this evening or by tomorrow, close of business.
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.
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People are upset. They know something is wrong. But they don't know what. The real explanation is too complicated. They won't sit still for it. So, they look for scapegoats - the rich...the banks...the Chinese.
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I rob banks because that's where the money is.
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But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit.
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Myth: US housing market is in recovery. Fact: Big banks have been hiding their bloated home inventory, seized by virtue of home foreclosures.
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Letting the banks go bust instead of perpetually bailing them out is the right way to go.Iceland Did It Right; All others are doing it wrong.
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We now have power under the Dodd-Frank legislation to break up banks. And I've said I will use that power if they pose a systemic risk.
