under the gold standard, a free banking system stands as the protector of an economy's stability and balanced growth... The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimite...
What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the ...
The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still cha...
Outside the window, a bank of clouds appeared on the horizon, inching slowly across the sky, finally slipping across the Moon and blocking out its radiant light. As he clicked off his overhead light, he turned his eyes one last time to the heavens. O...
Walt Disney, Richard Sherman: [singing] My world was calm, well ordered, exemplary / Then came this person, with chaos in her wake /And now my life's ambitions go with one fell blow / It's quite a bitter pill to take. Walt Disney: Inspired by someon...
Little boys have amazing minds.
The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
[Uncle Charlie visits the bank] Uncle Charlie: Hello, Joe. Can you stop embezzling a minute and give me your attention? Joseph Newton: Oh, uh, Charles, we don't joke about such things here. Uncle Charlie: Aw, what's a little shortage in the books at ...
Politicians have often declared that unbridled competition among financial intermediaries promotes failures that will harm the public. Although the evidence that competition does this is extremely weak, it has not stopped the state and federal govern...
A blanket could be used to rob a bank. Guns are so Bonnie and Clyde, but a blanket bank robbery has a certain amount of seduction involved. A blanket has a lot more banging involved than the bang-bang of a gun.
This memoir is one of the most brutally honest books I’ve ever read. You will grow to believe, and cheer on, this flawed hero as he gains a liberating knowledge of himself.
Finding the balance between making financial institutions safe and secure and also fostering economic growth and job creation is what we need. We need tough supervision and monitoring of these rules so that we don't run into the situation again where...
Mr. Dawes Sr.: While stand the banks of England, England stands - whoa, whoa...! [Mr. Dawes lurches forward, the others steady him] Mr. Dawes Sr.: When fall the banks of England... ENGLAND FALLS! [Mr. Dawes falls backward; the rest of the Board of Di...
Walt Disney: I have my own Mr. Banks. Mine had a mustache. P.L. Travers: [sarcastically] So it's not true that Disney created man in his own image? Walt Disney: No, but it is true that you created yourself in someone else, yes?
[Dolly is relaying Mrs. Travers' notes to Disney] Dolly: She wants to know why Mr. Banks was given a moustache. Walt Disney: [off-handedly] Oh, I asked for that. Dolly: Yes, she wants to know why. Walt Disney: [pointedly] Because *I* asked for it.
For small community banks and credit unions, like those in Central and Northern Wisconsin, the hundreds of new rules will require an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance. Those are hours that your local bank or credit union will spend ...
Luxury is a state of mind.
He's as cool as a prized marrow!
Everybody is a teenage idol.
It's not about the money for me.
