Frase

"The interviewer [da BBC] said: 'In this crisis fingers are pointing, people are saying you're responsible for the crisis.' I said: 'It is me. I made people make these loans for people with no money and no jobs, and I made them split up these loans and scatter them world-wide with fancy derivatives. I made the credit-rating agencies give these securities triple-A ratings, and I made people buy them. It's me, it's my fault.'
"There was a silence, and then the interviewer said: 'For the benefit of overseas listeners, that was irony.'"

Interview -- David Tweedie - Dominic Elliott - 3/2/2010 - The Wall Street Journal Europe