48 Quotes by James P. Gorman

If you're just interested in the prestige of banking, that's not what's going to sustain you. You have to be interested in what we do: managing and originating capital, helping issuers and investors come together is great, bringing these companies to life.

Let's be honest: It wasn't just the banks who messed up. There were a lot of people who tried to buy assets they couldn't afford. That's a reality.

Every now and then, markets behave like schoolchildren. They overreact, they run around like crazy.

Cash as a physical entity will virtually cease to exist, with coins and checkbooks consigned to museums. As people conduct their financial transactions on hand-held devices made secure by advanced biometrics, even tipping will be done electronically.

I certainly have no regret living in the U.S. The quality of life in Australia is good, but it is bloody good here as well.

I'm one of 10 children, and all my brothers call me Jim. And all my sisters... well, they call me something even more affectionate. My mother calls me James, and I do what my mother tells me.

I'll be very clear about this: I'm not a fan of getting rid of Dodd-Frank.

As much as the banking system may not be terribly popular, it is an essential part of the economy.

Bringing world leaders together as human beings rather than political machines is very important.