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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.

Just because we're stupid doesn't mean everybody else was.

Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things; then we'll buy them.

No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that something bad will happen.

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

You don't run a business hoping you don't have a recession.

We are totally open kimono with regulators.

It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.

Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.

It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker.

Economies of scale are a good thing. If we didn't have them, we'd still be living in tents and eating buffalo.

I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.

I've asked our people, "Why don't we just put a revolver on top of our basic loan?" Make it easier for the client.

Walk into a Chase branch and we can give you so much quicker, better and faster. Like Wal-Mart.

The term 'too big to fail' must be excised from our vocabulary.

We don't think there are cases where people were evicted out of homes when they shouldn't have been.

Banks also have to say no to customers. We can't always give clients what they want; it may not be in the client's best interest.

Our plate is full. We have a lot to do building our company organically and that is our key focus.

You know, the benefit in life is to say, 'Maybe you made a mistake, let's dig deep.'

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

My daughter asked me when she came home from school, "What's the financial crisis?" and I said, it's something that happens every five to seven years.

No one can forecast the economy with certainty.

When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

You can design a mortgage system that is different without a Fannie and Freddie, but there are principles you have to have, to have a good system.

It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter,

I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.

I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

Acting like everyone who's been successful is bad and because you're rich you're bad, I don't understand it,

Businesses can be opaque. They are complex. You don't know how aircraft engines work either.