“The truth is that banks are the last feudal kingdoms, their rulers omnipotent, divine warlords. Their key lieutenants are 'ronin' (wandering mercenary samurai) who roam financial markets ready to ally themselves to any warlord for a share of plunder. This is not the place to apply the latest management theory.”

“Risk management seemed to have completed its transformation into pure entertainment. Dudley seemed the epitome of a risk manager who would drown crossing a river that was 12 inches in depth on average.”

“The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.”

“Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations and jerk a few tears before the happy ending, it will work much better.”

“I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.”

“Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance.”

“...The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defiedhim, born as the seventh month dies… and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will havepower the Dark Lord knows not… and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live whilethe other survives… the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…”