Roger Ver Quotes

There's a perception out there that Airbnb doesn't want there to be rules. We think rules would be fantastic. We think rules would help our community, but not necessarily the rules that have simply existed for decades.

I'm a former insurance regulator. What companies really want and need is some clarity about what the rules are.

There's nothing magic about regulations, too much is bad, too little is bad.

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.

Fannie Mae may have conformed to the rules but the rules didn’t conform to reality. A major bank or financial institution could meet every single regulatory requirement yet still be at the risk of collapse.

It's very important to have the comfort of the regulator in every geography where you operate.

We have parts of our system which are overwhelmed by regulation. It wasn't the absence of regulation that was the problem. It was despite the presence of regulation you got huge risks built up.

I'm always a little cautious, there's a few amendments that are out there that I think could do some damage, so I've been more concerned about over regulating, going too far.

There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.

Legislation must be passed which undoes the damage caused by excessive de-regulation. That means reinstalling the regulatory firewalls that were ripped down in 1999.

To say that only those businesses affected with a public interest may be regulated is but another way of stating that all those businesses which may be regulated are affected with a public interest.

Repealing rules therefore requires federal agencies to explain why the factual and scientific bases for the predicted benefits of their rules were wrong or no longer adequate to justify those rules.

I have been trying to understand the regulators.

A regulator is supposed to create and enforce a standard.

What one has created by regulation, one could address by regulation.

I don't interfere with regulators.

We must advance regulatory reforms.

I've always been a ... believer in good regulation.

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more.

You can't overestimate what happens when you encourage regulators to believe that the goal of regulation is not to regulate.

If you think that government regulators are going to outwit the market, you've got a Jurassic Park fantasy.

Strong banks want strong regulation.

I would love to see more certainty on tax policy and regulations, but in a sense that is a crutch….We need more certainty of demand.