36 Quotes by Gary Cohn

If you don’t invest in risk management, it doesn’t matter what business you’re in, it’s a risky business.

Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.

The one trait in a lot of dyslexic people I know is that by the time we got out of college, our ability to deal with failure was very highly developed. And so we look at most situations and see much more of the upside than the downside.

I don't drink hot beverages.

I would like to get the tax rate as low as possible so that businesses want to create jobs here.

We want to keep a preferred rate for capital gains - we think it is important to encourage investment.

As a patriotic American, I am reluctant to leave my post as director of the National Economic Council because I feel a duty to fulfil my commitment to work on behalf of the American people.

Investment in America does not just benefit the United States - it benefits the world.

When our economy grows, it is good for the world. When the world economy grows, it is good for the United States.