#bank

Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#aspirations #banks #because #begin #community

I never had to say to myself, 'OK now, I've got to grow up and work for a bank, or go and sell real estate.' I never had to make that kind of break. ↗

— Luke Wilson

#break #estate #go #got #grow

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

#confidence #keep #last #long #money

I saw a bank that said "24 Hour Banking," but I don't have that much time. ↗

— Steven Wright

#banking #hour #i #much #said

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, "What for?" I said, "I'm going to buy some sugar." ↗

— Steven Wright

#bank #borrow #buy #cup #going

I am aware that my name has been connected with all the bank robberies in the country; but positively I had nothing to do with any one of them. I look upon my life since the war as a blank, and will never say anything to make it appear otherwise. ↗

— Cole Younger

#any #anything #appear #aware #bank

Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#benefit #borrowers #brought #changed #family

I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#bank #bankers #fell #i #lend

Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#around #bank #billion #financial #financial systems

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#because #cannot #explained #lend #me