I know we're all getting these telephone calls and I understand the public would like something done. But I personally read more

I know we're all getting these telephone calls and I understand the public would like something done. But I personally would like things to settle down before we . . . start monkeying around with something that we don't understand the long-range consequences.

Putin asked us not to mention a single country in the G8 final document and we did that,

Putin asked us not to mention a single country in the G8 final document and we did that,

The Middle Market M&A group has been critical to Piper over the last 15 years, and Glenn is a very read more

The Middle Market M&A group has been critical to Piper over the last 15 years, and Glenn is a very integral part of that group.

You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind read more

You never realize how much that meant when we had three or four guys on the wing. We all kind of split minutes up and we were still happy. We really miss those guys a lot.

As long as we're playing defense behind her, we're going to do OK. Erica was good with her rhythm, but read more

As long as we're playing defense behind her, we're going to do OK. Erica was good with her rhythm, but we didn't make any mistakes behind her. If we continue to do this, we're going to surprise some people.

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Yes, this is obviously a relief for us.

Yes, this is obviously a relief for us.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

I keep my fingers crossed because still nothing is accepted,

I keep my fingers crossed because still nothing is accepted,