“Access to capital is important for all firms, but it's particularly vi...” — Janet Yellen Quote

“Access to capital is important for all firms, but it's particularly vital for startups and young firms, which often lack a sufficient stream of earnings to increase employment and internally finance capital spending.”

“When the time comes to raise rates, I do think there will be some benefits that flow through to savers.”

“Academia is very flexible, but I had a spouse who was very committed to being a completely full partner in our marriage. I think if you counted up how many hours each one of us logged in, he certainly gets more than 50%.”

“One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.”

“Almost every day, you see an article in the papers about someone violating a campaign finance law.”

“Our system of student finance has delivered the chance of a university education to vastly more people than ever before, and made it more likely that disadvantaged young people will be offered the chance to get a degree. But it has some very real flaws, some potentially fatal, that the government ignores at its peril.”