Bankers Quotes

You have to wonder how the auditors and investment bankers could have missed so many 11th-hour deals involving hundreds of millions of dollars at a time. - Sean Coffey

You don't put robbers to work in a bank. - American Proverb

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, ''Lighthouses'' as the poet said ''erected in the sea of time'.' They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print. - Arthur Schopenhauer

With mortgage rates continuing to slip, a new wave of refinancing has appeared. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, applications for refinance jumped 15 percent last week, near the record high set in March. And according to Freddie Mac's quarterly refinance review, the average age of a refinanced loan fell to 1.9 years in the first quarter of this year. - Frank Nothaft

With a group of bankers I always had the feeling that success was measured by the extent one gave nothing away. - Francis Aungier

Why do banks lock their pens to the desk? If I'm trusting you with my money, dont you think you can trust me with your pen? - Unknown

When you get a new chairman in place you're going to have a more democratic and less predictable, less transparent Fed. The new chairman won't get the same automatic respect Greenspan has. It's not that (central bankers) will turn into a bunch of farm-yard animals, but there will be a more normal discussion going on. - Ethan Harris

When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees. - Anne M. Mulcahy

We've got bankers, business people, mechanics and housewives. - Scott Olson