If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker.

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

If you have the choice, it's far better to say, "That person has the job, and they really don't need that much of my oversight." Maybe they don't need any of it.

The country [India] is doing far better.

There is a lot of focus on that first rate move, and I'm not sure how important that is.

Our global corporate investment bank competes with Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and a bunch of other banks that are in those businesses. We may have slightly different products or services, but so what? That's always been true in American business.

I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.