113 Quotes About Bankers

No central banker would disagree with the proposition that inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon. Not one of them will disagree that every inflation has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the quantity of money and every deflation by a decline in the quantity of money.

Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.

Since I've become a central banker, I've learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.

We were surprised that bankers and accountants came up so high. I really expected lawyers, maybe television producers and radio announcers (to rank high). In my experiences, they're pretty bad.

We are delighted to officially enter three dynamic Florida markets through the acquisition of First Florida. First Florida has a team of talented bankers and investment experts who are empowered to deliver financial solutions and make local decisions that best suit their customers' needs. Through our partnership with First Florida, we can increase the resources of the local bank so they can offer even more robust products and services to both commercial and retail consumers in these rapidly growing markets.

This is the time of year all the Wall Street bankers and traders basically know where they stand inside their organization. They've been given their bonuses, they've either been promoted or nor promoted, so it's a time when everybody considers what their options may be.

The need is $325 million of cash. That is what our investment bankers tell us. That's what our creditor committee tells us. ALPA is fervently urging the court to say it isn't so. We're telling them it is so. We wish we didn't need $325 million of cash. But the need is real.

We all have banker problems. We all have issues.

This historic milestone speaks to the favorable economic conditions we have recently experienced as well as to the efforts of bankers and regulators to manage risks in the industry.