Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself.

David Graeber

A debt ... is just an exchange that has not been brought to completion.

David Graeber

Debt is the most effective way to take a relation of violent subordination and make the victims feel that it's their fault.

David Graeber

If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem moral, than by reframing them in the language of debt—above all, because it immediately makes it seem that it's the victim who's doing something wrong.

Brunello Cucinelli

I've always had an aversion to debt.

Camilo Jose Cela

When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

Elissa Buie

When you take on debt, you increase your risk, but you also increase your return,

Wayne Abernathy

Wealthy people with means should be required to pay something on debts and not be able to walk away from them.

Loyola Sullivan

We have a staggering debt level, and government must ensure our expenditure levels are kept within our means,

Timothy Noah

The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive.

John Gibbons

We're not eliminated yet. I'm proud of the way the guys have played this year, they get after it. We're only going to get better.

Allen Iverson

We're not eliminated till we're eliminated. I just feel good about not being eliminated. We get to live another day.

Michael Fleisher

Much of what's being outsourced using technology today will be completely eliminated by technology tomorrow.

Suzanne Somers

I did trial and error on myself and it took two months. I eliminated all the sugars, obvious sugars, and I ate carbohydrates separate from protein.

Gabrielle Union

A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out.

Arthur Doyle

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Arthur Doyle

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Van Chancellor

The day that we were eliminated from the playoffs was the day I vowed that would never happen again. I spent every waking moment, in some form or fashion, thinking about a way to get us back.

Howard Dean

We have no idea what this woman's record is about. She's obviously an accomplished attorney. The question is what does she believe. We have no idea, ... This Week.

Billy Wilder

Make subtlety obvious.

Billy Coleman

We're going to obviously put a lot of thought into this. You don't want to keep shifting in and out, especially through intersections.

Brian Eno

The problem with improvisation is, of course, that everyone just slips into their comfort zone and does sort of the easy thing to do, the most obvious thing to do with your instrument.

Eliza Taylor

Being on Twitter and social media, you obviously get to see a lot more of what people are thinking of you and of your show.

Eula Biss

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' in my reading, is really obviously about disease and our relation to disease.

Keyshawn Johnson

The championship, in my eyes, in television, is obviously an Emmy.

Bruce Chen

We won, so obviously I feel very good.

Dennis Ritchie

One of the obvious things that went wrong with Multics as a commercial success was just that it was sort of over-engineered in a sense. There was just too much in it.

John Curry

We are getting ripped off. We are not getting what we are paying for.

Kevin McHale

People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of 'Glee.'

Charles Payne

I don't like paying taxes, same as everybody else.

Sandra King

When we see a possible discrepancy, we need to investigate to make sure the taxpayers are not paying for something that simply doesn't exist. It's our responsibility to investigate that discrepancy. It's our responsibility to the people, really.

Chris Sheridan

So far, we haven't had any trouble getting it, but we're paying 10 percent to 15 percent more for plywood,

Chris McKay

So, I got stuck reading for them and paying the bill.

Doug Martin

We want this thing killed. This is a joke, and the sad thing is, we're paying for it.

Kristin Armstrong

No matter who is watching or paying the paycheck, we are ultimately each our own boss.

Rick Savage

We are more than paying our own way toward sheriff services.

Robert Krueger

We have prospects now who can take all of the space.

Patrick Barry

I think the prospects of success would have been diminished.

John Carioba

There are not many prospects in the short term.

Kevin Rand

We're taking our time with him. He's too valuable a prospect not to take your time with him. We want to make sure everything's done right and he can come back as well as can be expected.

Kenichiro Sasae

There has been no breakthrough to this point, and the prospect is not bright.

Richard Cobden

You had reached a pessimistic view about your company's prospects with the upcoming (copyright) case.

Mark Rutte

In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014.

Paul Sereno

I didn't have very rosy prospects in school,