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,

John Bingham

We're getting to drastic options. We don't have any easy ones left.

Ken Cox

We felt like we had to make a drastic stance. They were just going out there and enticing our kids.

Jeff Chandler

She's made drastic improvements with her own self-being. She's talking to a lot more people now.

Chris Nicolosi

We're not saying that there's no problems or even that the borough council's really wrong. We're just saying before they go to the drastic measures, we sit down, face to face - these are the issues.

Frank Gong

I don't expect them to take any drastic action. They are comfortable with higher growth.

Gordon Strachan

I am happy to have him in the squad and, if fit, to train with the first team unless something drastic happens.

Steve Bellino

If something drastic happens, the worst would be $100.

Rufus Earle

He was a little different from the rest of the kids in a lot of ways. But I would never think it would come to something so drastic like that.

Yashovardhan Azad

We did a professional study. There are not going to be any drastic changes.

Alan Greenspan

If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.

Richard Wallace

The potential returns for BHP are enormous, even after the gains recently.

Kim Rupert

The post-auction gains were used as a selling opportunity.

David Hume

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause.

Denis Waitley

It is a psychological fact that we cherish most what we have worked hardest to gain. The further we have come, the sweeter the celebration at the destination when we arrive.

Barry Trotz

We have to get as many points as can right now. We have to get some separation. We have a lot of teams playing each other in the Western Conference. We are going to gain some ground on someone.

Ken Hitchcock

We're starting to gain an identity and confidence. We're starting to build. You can hear it in the banter on the bench.

Scott Brown

We're seeing the productivity gains split up between wage increases and profits.

Kristin Cast

I've gained fans, fame, fortune, but I don't feel different. Am I supposed to?

Brent Neiser

The perception is that it is more generous than it is. Grants are generally only for those that are completely wiped out or uninsured.

Leander Paes

If I have a reason to do something, and I have enough passion, I generally succeed.

Rick Glancey

When you think of the military that's generally what you think of, green style uniforms and green style armory.

Henry Samueli

The owner's job is to hire the general manager. The general manager's job is to run the hockey team.

Rick Adelman

We're not going to sit back and let this continue. We're not happy about what's going on, and I know Mr. Geoff Petrie (the general manager) is not happy either. We have too much talent for this.

Phil Garner

We're going to leave that to our general manager. Sure, I'd like to have Clemens back.

Richard Armitage

Yes, and it's generally on. And I won't tell you what it's on,

Jim Harrison

We're generally opposed. We feel there is already a high return rate.

James Sinegal

If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen.

Mark Seery

When you're using quality of service to implement a priority-based system, someone is always losing.

Joe Main

Work was in progress to implement some of these protections.

Jerry Taylor

There are things teachers implement that aren't reflected in the improvement plans or in scores, ... There are things they are doing right every day.

Howard Simon

She was part of a team that did not implement policies that were protective of the right to vote. They made the right to vote more perilous.

Victoria Strauss

If you're going to self - publish, you need to know why you're doing it, what you want to accomplish, and how you plan to implement that.

Nicholas Ray

I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of the director is to guide him to that state, and then to implement it.

Veronique Rugy

Wasteful spending is wasteful spending. The Republicans need to return to their message that being compassionate is doing what it takes to implement a system that works.

Dan Roberts

We're evaluating how quickly we can implement that. It's likely something that we will do but I can't say when.

Don Sherwood

I do not think this makes a lot of sense, and I think we should rely on the Park Service to implement the regulations that they have in place with the restrictions so that people can enjoy our parks.

Charles Stanley

If we walk in the Spirit daily, surrendered to His power, we have the right to expect anything we need to hear from God. The Holy Spirit living within us and speaking to us ought to be the natural, normal lifestyle of believers.

Charles Spurgeon

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

Charles Spurgeon

When it is the Lord’s work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.

Alan Greenspan

The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.

Alan Bennett

I can walk. It's just that I'm so rich I don't need to.

Al Sharpton

When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.

Al Pacino

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

We have been snared in the coils of a spurious logic which insists that if we have found Him we need no more seek Him.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.

Alan Mollohan

I have never, not once, violated my public trust.

S. Hughes

Where there is muck to be raked, it must be raked,and the public must know of it, that it may mete out justice....

David Duchovny

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

Carl Andre

Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion.

Robert Reich

When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else.

Robert Reich

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

Sharon Stone

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

Brendan Behan

There's no bad publicity except an obituary.

Kamala Harris

'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

Charles Stanley

Brokenness is God’s requirement for maximum usefulness.

Cass Sunstein

There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause

Bill Toomey

Whatever pursuit you undertake, the requirements should start with a love of what it is that you are pursuing.

Bruce Schneier

Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect.

Barbara Jordan

Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same.

Abdul Kalam

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

Asia Argento

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

Marilyn Moon

We are not in a situation where we are required by desperation to make structural changes.

Ronald Hill

When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,

Peter Thiel

Unsolved problems are where you'll find opportunity. Energy is one sector with extremely urgent unsolved problems.

Hector Garcia

I'd like to go back into another sector other than hospitality,

Harvey Weinstein

We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

Robert Brady

There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy.

Jon Burnham

I still like the tech sector very much,

Lynn Reaser

This is another sign that the manufacturing sector is positioned for an upswing in the third quarter.

William Hummer

The services sector is showing some inflationary pressure, and wages are starting to climb.

Marco Rubio

The private sector doesn't sit around and say - 'Well, since the president said we should do this, we should do it.'

Markus Steinbeis

The sentiment for the whole telecoms sector has now cooled down.