Famous Quotes & Sayings

Warren Stephens

What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.

Elizabeth Warren

I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.

Elizabeth Warren

If the big banks expect to buy influence when they give money to favored think tanks, then the public has a right to know. If the big banks don't expect to buy influence and are merely making charitable contributions, then their shareholders have a right to know. Either way, there's no excuse for keeping these payments secret.

Clive Anderson

Tree roots hold river banks together and stop the wind blowing soil away, there are many creatures that live in woods and they provide a sense of well-being and look nice.

Guy Breading

We primarily involve ourselves in the recovery of collateral on behalf of banks and we are expanding by getting involved in matrimonial and separation disputes. We ensure that the matter is resolved and we move on.

Napoleon Bonaparte

It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.

Nicola Sturgeon

Poverty is on the increase - due to welfare cuts - and demand for food banks has rocketed.

Philip Diehl

We did very extensive market research, and it pointed to a fundamental dilemma we faced in distribution. The banks were not enthusiastic. They either would not order it, or would wait until there was public demand. Well you can't prove the demand if you can't get it to the commercial sector.

Kary Mullis

My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My dad's family had a general store, which I never saw. My grandparents on his side had already died before I started noticing things.

William Kent Krueger

Write because you love the work, not because of what might come from it. The journey is the purpose. Very Zen-like, I know, but honest to God it's the truth. And I have never had to deal with writer's block. Knock on wood.

Vivek Wadhwa

The most valuable lesson I learned in dealing with the ups and downs was to invest in my employees - to do all I could for them when the times were good.

Yehuda Berg

If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.

Chino Moreno

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you've been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

Emily Marshall

The people are so lonely and so scared. It was just a big deal to sit and talk to them.

Ben Edlund

I used to a play a role-playing game called Dungeons and Dragons, and that was about levels of experience; as you gained experience, you were able to deal with much greater and far more kind of global creatures.

Debi Mazar

I haven't always had the money rolling in. I'm a character actor; it's not like I'm Gwyneth Paltrow - so I do have hard times still in my life. And that's even more why it's like you know what, I'm not that different from people going through it. I struggle; I look for a better deal at the grocery store.

David Axelrod

We can't have - we can't have a patchwork of 50 states developing their own immigration policy. I understand the frustration of people in Arizona. They want the federal government to step up and deal with this problem once and for all, and that's what we want to do.

Chris Matthews

The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here.

Edward Snowden

The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists.

Elaine Stritch

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

Vicente Fox

The pension issue is a priority for my government and also a priority for our economy,

Bruce Jackson

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.

Daniel Webster

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

Chris Matthews

We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations.

John C. Calhoun

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.

Chester Bowles

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.

Ernestine Rose

In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented.

William E. Conway, Jr.

I want to give away the money. I don't want to die with it. I want the money to be used well.

Emma Watson

Let's be honest, I have enough money to never have to work again.

Elizabeth Warren

Citigroup has a lot of money, it spends a lot of money, and it uses that money to grow and consolidate power. And it pays off.

David Bailey

Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.

Janet Callison

The outpouring of support we've received in Grandview has just been overwhelming. So many people offered to give their money and their time to help.

Brian Harvey

We could give 'Take That' a run for their money.

David Steinberg

When I started, you didn't make a lot of money by being a comedian. You didn't get a lot of respect.

David H. Murdock

I'm used to doing big undertakings with my own money.

Dennis Christopher

I've never chosen or rejected a role because of money.

Yuvraj Singh

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

Yoko Ono

Most people like to hear sounds they are used to.

Yoko Ono

Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.

Willie Aames

I think there are people that have very addictive personalities.

William Shatner

I like making people laugh. It comes off and shines in everything I do.

Wentworth Miller

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.

William Clay Ford, Sr.

I think sports are a wonderful diversion. People can relate to sports very easily. It's a quick study.

William Sleator

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

Will Poulter

I need to try and get away from that brat role, or people are going to think I'm a natural brat.

Madhup Tiwari

When we questioned him about his whereabouts he was unable to give any satisfactory answer.

William Allan

Those are all questions we are going to be talking about with the commission.

Joe Gaylord

We can still stabilize the situation and make it right, but there's no question that this is a rough patch.

Jan Caldwell

We have the same questions about that as well.

Dan Moran

We need more bipartisanship. We need to question our leaders,

Harry Reid

We know the questions that must be asked, ... Now we need answers.

Julie Martineau

We will screen questions for relevancy for the position.

John Whitehead

We will rebuild. It is now not a question of whether, but a question of how,

Kevin Lowery

We're well-known for our safety record. When it comes to safety, there is no question when it comes to our company.

Barry O'Farrell

Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Teresa Heinz

I've always worked on bipartisans, whether it's on healthcare, drug reform, et cetera. All my work is bipartisan, because what I'm - as nonpartisan actually, because I look for solutions. I'm very practical.

T. Boone Pickens

I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.

Simon Sinek

Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.

Trip Adler

We actually determine whether the book is read and make payments to the publisher based on that.

Karlie Kloss

Whether running, biking, swimming, or dancing, I just like to always be on the move.

Kevin Smith

It's kind of debatable whether or not the advertisement model is effective. Like whether Nielsen works.

Lucy Hawking

I wonder whether being a scientist's daughter makes you so conflicted about free will and fate.

Vanessa Hudgens

You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.