Muriel Siebert Quotes

You create opportunities by performing, not complaining

Take stands, take risks, take responsibility.

Do not be afraid to go into uncharted territories. You might find some pretty good things there.

I think in a couple of weeks, the question of all these bad write-offs will be behind us because everybody is going to throw in the towel on bad accounting.

When a door is hard to open, and if nothing else works, sometimes you just have to rear back and kick it open.

If we're talking about buying exchanges abroad, we have to have global securities standards, as we have global banking regulations. I'm talking about margins. Now, the United States has certain margin requirements that are not the same in London. Investors and hedge funds that want to borrow more money against securities ? if they can't in the U.S., they go abroad. That could add additional risks to the global economy.

Do your homework all of your life.

If I was dealing with a trader, every other word had to be a four-letter word.

But women are coming into Wall Street in large numbers — and they still are not making partner and are not getting into the positions that lead to the executive suites. There's still an old-boy network. You just have to keep fighting.

I put my head down and charge.