Sanford Weill Quotes (10 Quotes)

We never again want to have questions raised about the objectivity of our research, ... I have been reminded myself of how the appearance of what we do may be questioned and of how we must take care to ensure that our conduct does not raise such questions or in any way undermine our customers' or shareholders' confidence in the integrity of our business practices.

This structure, under Sallie's leadership, will help assure that all equity research at Citigroup will be independent of corporate and investment banking and underwriting,

I have never told any analyst what he or she had to write -- and I never would, ... My conduct has been entirely appropriate and proper.

I think we both have confidence in our own abilities. We've been around for a long time and accomplished a lot. I think we can accomplish the most by sharing leadership. We can do that and accomplish much more than alone.

The strength and diversity of our earnings by business, geography, and customer helped to deliver a strong bottom line in a period of market uncertainty,

In the last few days, our company has been severely criticized for past activities in our corporate and investment bank, ... I feel badly and I truly regret the pain that has been caused.

I think companies are realizing that we all have to be salesmen for America and not just sit back and rely on the government.

The acquisition of Golden State marks an important step in our efforts to increase Citigroup's retail distribution franchise in the U.S., and in particular significantly expand the scope and breadth of our services in California and Nevada,

Over the last several weeks, we have been working closely with our regulators and have been considering a number of ways to address the issues challenging the industry,

It is imperative that we continue to build on our strong presence on the Internet. Since 95 percent of all business on the Web is transacted by credit card, Citigroup's leading 20 percent share of the North American card market makes us a key beneficiary of the revolution in e-commerce.