“Lots of people will give you advice and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.”

Independent thinking is one of the things most valued in an investment professional.

Too often we see bitcoin and blockchain technologies as solutions in search of a problem.

It’s up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully.

Don’t assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.

We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.

I don’t even like good surprises.

I am in a traditional financial services business – but we at Fidelity can see that the evolution of technology is setting our industry up for disruption.

Cryptocurrency will change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself.

Blockchain technology isn’t just a more efficient way to settle securities.

Sometimes you can gradually improve things. But sometimes, they don’t work, and you’ve just got to just say: Let’s grind this baby to a halt.

Across the board, women are unhappy with our industry.

Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.

Change is something that is expected and, therefore, not resisted.

Even a small reduction in errors and rework can have a significant impact.

I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.

Returns matter a lot. It’s our capital.

If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

My mama always told me never put off till tomorrow people you can kill today.

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.

For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.

The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.