Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.
The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.
The TV business is like the produce section of the market. Today everything is fresh and glistening and firm. And tomorrow, when they find a bruise on you, they toss you out.
The venture business is a bit of an apprenticeship business, so the firm I worked for didn't let me make an investment until I was 30. That was probably a very smart thing.
You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
I found it marvelous that the great supporters of America in Europe are, of course, those countries that American consistency and firmness in the Cold War ended up liberating.
What I would say to a person who is firm in their faith and wants to go into an acting career: It is such a difficult thing to do without compromising your beliefs.
We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.
I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.
I am pleased to be part of Promontory's steady efforts to assist banks and other financial firms in meeting legal and regulatory obligations and challenges.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.
I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
Some people when they get older are so firm in their beliefs that you'll never move them.
Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
We believed the world didn't need another commoditized venture capital firm.
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.
The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.
Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing.
The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
