Quotes about Finance

“Imperceptibly, the developed world's manufacturing base was gradually eroding and being replaced by securitized finance that destroyed itself and nearly its economies in 2008.”

“I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.”

“What you get out of an M.B.A. programme, no matter how much experience, is functional tools and understanding in disciplines: you'll understand economics, you'll understand marketing, finance, accounting. That, M.B.A. programmes do very well.”

“When people finance a movie, they have their own ideas and have things they want to change.”

“Many progressives understand Scalia, and other conservative judges, in crassly political terms - as opponents of affirmative action, abortion, gun control, and campaign finance legislation. But what Scalia cared most about was clear, predictable rules, laid down in advance.”

“Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.”

“Well, first let me say that I think health care reform is important. It has to be a priority. And our system is broken. The Finance Committee bill is the best effort yet, due in large measure to the efforts of my colleague, Olympia Snowe, but it's not there yet. It falls short.”

“I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.”

“For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.”

“When I became finance minister, they called me Okonjo-Wahala - or 'Trouble Woman.' It means 'I give you hell.' But I don't care what names they call me. I'm a fighter; I'm very focused on what I'm doing, and relentless in what I want to achieve, almost to a fault. If you get in my way, you get kicked.”

“Everything is always feasible if you run a corporate finance exercise: you can always try to come out with a justification on how things could work. But the real issue is to say how do you translate that into practice.”

“After my father died, we were pretty much wiped out financially as a family, so I decided to give finance a try.”

“You can be this super-successful woman who's smart and effective but still feminine. When I worked in finance, I didn't always think that was possible.”

“All around the world, we send our top talent into finance, technology, medicine and law - everywhere but towards expanding opportunity for our most marginalized children.”

“My adversary is the world of finance.”

“One of the reasons this election is so important is because the Supreme Court hangs in the balance. We need to overturn that terrible Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, and then reform our whole campaign finance system.”

“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”

“If the publicly passed campaign finance laws had not been struck down by the Supreme Court, Club for Growth Action would be illegal, and Heritage Action wouldn't have the SuperPAC threat to back up its small ad purchases.”

“I am particularly pleased to see that the Bendheim Center for Finance is thriving.”

“I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.”

“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.”