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The chances of a bank going out of business are extremely slim, but it's always a good idea to spread around major sums so every penny is backed by insurance.

You want banks to take some risk, but intelligent risk.

Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses; it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions.

For small businesses trying to figure out how to get big, I would say you are going to have to take some risks. And I think that is what shuts off most people. They are not willing take the risk.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

If a bank's too big so that it can't fail without hurting our economy, well then, it's too big.

Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.

I'm probably a believer in abandoning too-big-to-fail firms or breaking them up in some way so that the system can try to take care of itself. I imagine you're not going to get there, and therefore, I suspect regulation is what's going to be required.

The only way to make sure no bank is too big to fail is to make sure no bank is too big.

We need banks and financiers and entrepreneurs to take risks because that's how economies grow over time.