Underwriter Quotes & Sayings

Gemma talking to Charley ...
"Got it. Have you seen my pants?"
"Speaking of which, how did you get home without them?"
"I borrowed a pair of you sweats. I ran into a convenience store with them on. I talked to neighbors out in their yard when I pulled up. And only after I got inside did I realize the had 'Exit Only' written across the back."
"You stole my favorite sweats?"
"I wanted to die."
"It's weird that sweats would make you suicidal. I'd analyze the crap out of that if I were you."
"Do you actually wear those in public?"
"Only when I go out in them — Darynda Jones

There is no disputing about taste. — Jane Austen

Sickness may be the solemn occasion of God's intervention in a person's life. — Paul Tournier

While Wall Street firms typically underwrite offerings in teams, the lead underwriter, or manager, of the offering has primary responsibility for selling the offering and reaps much of the fees and profit. — Alex Berenson

If I owned any of these Hot New Issues that have doubled, tripled, quintupled or umptupled within days and in some cases hours after they were issued, I most certainly would grab my fabulous windfall, thank my lucky stars and invest the money. It's utter nonsense to think any newly issued stock is really worth two, ten or 20 times the [offering] price ... A management so stupid as to sell shares [cheap], and an underwriter so obtuse as not to discern the real value, together would provide reason enough for a sensible man to get rid of his shares. — Malcolm Forbes

Wow, James, you really do get around, don't you! — Andrew Man

On the wicker chair the cat lazily raised its head. Meeting my gaze, it got up, padded across the floor and jumped onto my lap. I got rid of the orange peel, which the cat hated. "You can lie here for a bit," I said, stroking it. "You can. But not all night, you know. I'm going to bed soon." It began to purr as it curled up on me. Its head sank slowly, resting on one paw, and its eyes, which first had closed with pleasure, were closed in sleep within seconds. "It's all right for some," I said. — Karl Ove Knausgard

come over and get that omelet before some bird flies — Brett Battles

It isn't that greed's increased. What's increased is the realization that you've got a free field to reach out for what you'd like to do. — Paul Samuelson

Brokerage firms and their executives cannot use threats regarding research activities as a way to obtain investment banking business. The threat to drop research coverage if Piper were not selected as the lead underwriter for a secondary offering was totally inappropriate and undermines the integrity of the market. — Mary Schapiro

I'm a military baby, so I kind of always see the world as one; we just have different colours, and we're from different places in the world. — Ciara

Which lawyer drafts the contract is often dictated by custom: financing agreements are drafted by lenders' counsel; acquisition agreements are drafted by purchaser's counsel; underwriting agreements are drafted by underwriter's counsel; employment contracts are drafted by employers' counsel; security agreements are drafted by secured party's counsel. The underlying principle is that the party with the most leverage or with the most to lose from an inadequately drafted contract will do the drafting. — Charles M. Fox

There is a great deal of trouble in this world which is not caused by people keeping their mouths shut. — Myrtle Reed

When you want this thing as bad as you want to breathe! That's when you find a way! — Eric Thomas