'You Are Just Irresponsible': Choice Quotes

June 25, 2015 7:00 AM

The outspoken Jamie Dimon chides JPMorgan Chase's shareholders after proxy advisers question his power and pay, U.S. Bancorp's Richard Davis compares banks to pimply teens, and more quotes on hot topics from across the banking industry.

Richard Davis

"It's like a teenager with bad pimples and bad hair. In a couple of years they will be really attractive."

Chairman and CEO of U.S. Bancorp, saying banks are a good investment and will be an even better one once tough operating conditions improve

Gerald Lipkin

"We don't act like we're a bunch of big city slickers that will teach them how to do banking."

Chairman and CEO of Valley National Bancorp in Wayne, N.J., on how it doesn't try to do banking in Florida the same way it would in New York City

J. Mark McWatters

"NCUA should not treat members of the credit union community as Victorian-era children speak when you're spoken to and otherwise mind your manners and go off with your nanny."

Board member for the National Credit Union Administration, arguing that the regulator should solicit public input on its budget in the interest of transparency and accountability

Paul Magnuson

"Although the settlement may not 'pass the smell test,' as the saying goes, it is not serious misconduct."

U.S. District Court judge, ruling against a group of banks and credit unions that tried to block Target's $19 million settlement with MasterCard for losses related to the retailer's data breach

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'You Are Just Irresponsible': Choice Quotes

Richard Davis

"It's like a teenager with bad pimples and bad hair. In a couple of years they will be really attractive."

Gerald Lipkin

"We don't act like we're a bunch of big city slickers that will teach them how to do banking."

Denise Cote

"The magnitude of falsity, conservatively measured, is enormous."

Jamie Dimon

"If you do that, you are just irresponsible, I'm sorry. And you probably aren't a very good investor either."

Marshall Martin

"The tricky part of dealing with regulators is that you have to educate them."

J. Mark McWatters

"NCUA should not treat members of the credit union community as Victorian-era children speak when you're spoken to and otherwise mind your manners and go off with your nanny."

Paul Magnuson

"Although the settlement may not 'pass the smell test,' as the saying goes, it is not serious misconduct."

Rick Petersen

"Being able to pick up the phone and not be pushing a bunch of numbers in different languages is a big deal to me."

'You Are Just Irresponsible': Choice Quotes

Richard Davis

"It's like a teenager with bad pimples and bad hair. In a couple of years they will be really attractive."

Gerald Lipkin

"We don't act like we're a bunch of big city slickers that will teach them how to do banking."

Denise Cote

"The magnitude of falsity, conservatively measured, is enormous."

Jamie Dimon

"If you do that, you are just irresponsible, I'm sorry. And you probably aren't a very good investor either."

Marshall Martin

"The tricky part of dealing with regulators is that you have to educate them."

J. Mark McWatters

"NCUA should not treat members of the credit union community as Victorian-era children  speak when you're spoken to and otherwise mind your manners and go off with your nanny."

Paul Magnuson

"Although the settlement may not 'pass the smell test,' as the saying goes, it is not serious misconduct."

Rick Petersen

"Being able to pick up the phone and not be pushing a bunch of numbers in different languages is a big deal to me."

"NCUA should not treat members of the credit union community as Victorian-era children speak when you're spoken to and otherwise mind your manners and go off with your nanny."