As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
I’m of those who believe that excesses in all matters are not a good idea, whether it’s formation of bubbles, whether it’s excess in the financial market, whether it’s excess of inequality, it has to be watched, it has to be measured, and it has to be anticipated in terms of consequences. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
There is a very strong linkage between U.S. banks and European banks. There are plenty of European employees that are employed by U.S. companies, and there are plenty of U.S. employees that are employed by European companies. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
I think there are multiple studies now to demonstrate that diversity, a better balance between genders, but also between different fields as well, is actually conducive to better growth, better bottom line, better results. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
It’s become my brand in a way, you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
Very often as a little girl, then as a young woman, I have suffered my lot of discrimination. I was brought up with brothers; I grew up in a boys’ world. You have to elbow your way in. When you come with that sentiment of having been in a minority for a long period of time, then you are much more attentive to minorities. Christine Lagarde Read Quote
