Larry Summers Quotes & Sayings

Larry Summers, I think, he had a long history of arrogance and relative ignorance about poor people's culture and working people's culture and so forth. — Cornel West

We don't hear our president [Barack Obama] talking about the need for high-quality jobs for everybody, giving it priority, not just giving a speech in Detroit. That's fine, but speaking to Tim Geithner, speaking to Larry Summers. When are you going to make jobs, jobs, jobs a priority rather than Wall Street, Wall Street, Wall Street a priority? That's what I'm concerned about. — Cornel West

He (Larry Summers) can frame arguments with such force and conviction that people think he knows more than he does. — Ron Suskind

Larry Summers is to modesty what Madonna is to Chastity. — Paul Gigot

I don't think there's a more battle-hardened veteran anywhere than Larry Summers. — Roger Altman