73 Quotes by Kenneth C. Griffin

I get very worried that people that are buying bitcoins don't really understand what they're participating in other than the headline stories that it keeps going higher and 'I want to make sure I don't miss this opportunity to make some money.'

Gambling is entertainment... Financial markets, what one often refers to as speculation, is really the force by which we move capital to the best and highest use.

Business is business. I don't manufacture cars, but we do manufacture money.

The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance.

As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.

Our financial markets work best when they are competitive, fair, and transparent.

I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone.

I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.

My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system.