"The goal [is] not only to earn high returns at the top of the cycle but also to avoid giving them back at the bottom."

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Source : Duff McDonald (2009). “Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase”, p.235, Simon and Schuster

Duff McDonald

#Giving Quotes #Goal Quotes #Banking Quotes

“The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much by subjecting themselves to what they call the laws and regulations of civilized socieities.”
“don't let jesus in. AA is just one obsession replaced with another”
“New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.”
“I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”
“I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.”
“All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.”

Source : Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”
“Young men and young women, full of courage, originality, and genius, are everywhere to be met with.”
“I'm not terribly technological. I'm awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and I clung onto my fax machine for as long as I could, but eventually you have to move with the times.”

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