This week's round up of sound bites from the world of finance includes a colourful recommendation for Tim Geithner, what God would have done to help stabilise the economy, and the staying power of the Masters of the Universe.

"Tell him to get fxxxxd. I'm trying to save my firm." - John Mack to his assistant, instructing her to pass that response along to Tim Geithner after Geithner's repeated phone calls. The quote is from an excerpt in Vanity Fair from Andrew Ross Sorkin's upcoming book Too Big to Fail: http://bit.ly/1GGsYU