Banking Quotes

You're going to always have volatility in investment banking earnings. But retail generally will be more consistent. - Michael Cleary

You're banking on getting in and seizing your objectives -- finding Saddam, for instance -- and taking over a city [without] getting bogged down in urban warfare. - Eric Schmitt

You hear people say that Philadelphia doesn't have corporate or banking work. The fact is that I don't think most law students really understand what banking work really is, let alone whether a firm has a good practice. And I do think Philadelphia firms need to be more clear about the sophistication level of the work they do because there are a lot of misconceptions. - Chris Beals

You have News Corp. weaker, you have the banking sector basically steady but with Australia & New Zealand Banking Group pulling back after some strong gains in recent weeks ...outside of that the market is just steady. - Jamie Spiteri

You don't keep customers by insulting them or downgrading them... When you're in a meeting with buy-side clients, you say 'This is an investment banking client.' It's a code word for 'I'm not going to be harsh on this client,' or 'You need to read between the lines.' - Bill Burnham

You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there. - Dick Cheney

You cannot be on the board of directors and also be doing investment banking work for the company. I don't care if he steps out of the room or not. You cannot be the umpire and the pitcher in the same game. - Nell Minow

Writing a business plan is no easy task. You have to do a lot of research about everything from zoning to marketing and banking. And we didn't do it for her. We were here to support her, but Kathy did the work herself. - Patsy Vegter

Worldwide, we grew our commercial banking business strongly on the back of recent investment. - John Bond