21 Quotes by David Berry

Sometimes maybe we want them to get in a little bit bigger hurry, but you just have to understand that it really is hot out there, so you can't work as hard as you normally would.

Sometimes I get lost in the books, if they're good,

You've seen several commercial banks make acquisitions of smaller regional brokerage firms this year, and all of them believe quite sincerely that they are going to grow revenues as a result and gain market share because they now offer one-stop comprehensive financing for their customers. At the same time I don't think Merrill Lynch is planning to lose any business.

You can't keep throwing us around. Accommodate your own people.

There was a three- or four-day period (after the NFC title game) where we were getting pretty frazzled. Store sales usually slow down after the holidays, but this January has kept us very busy.

There's a lot of faith and confidence in this management team. This may be more change in executive suite than investors are happy to see.

It really does get hot in the shop. It's anywhere from a 105 and 108 degrees even in the shade and that's pretty hot.

Investment banking continues to be pretty strong pretty much for all these players. Goldman yesterday talked about a record backlog and I think that would also be true for Lehman. Morgan Stanley will be reporting tomorrow. That's been a pretty steady drumbeat. Underwriting activity was a little slower. Fixed income business has been picking up with the Federal Reserve seeming to go on hold,

I can understand all the excitement about this season. I was 2 years old when the Seahawks last won a playoff game, so you never know when something this special will come around again.