Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

Love is a hole in the heart.

Love is a hole in the heart.

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been read more

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.

The bull I would have drawn didn't buck; it just ran. When it runs, you can't hold on,

The bull I would have drawn didn't buck; it just ran. When it runs, you can't hold on,

I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are read more

I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are two different things.

We need to carefully control our total exposure. We're still going to write business in Manhattan, but not near known read more

We need to carefully control our total exposure. We're still going to write business in Manhattan, but not near known terror targets.

Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.

Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.

We match up our corners vs. wide receivers in everything we do. If it falls out that those two are read more

We match up our corners vs. wide receivers in everything we do. If it falls out that those two are hooked up, that's what it'll be. They move around so much and they put their guys in a lot of different positions.... They've got playmakers.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.