Famous Quotes & Sayings

Enron got in trouble with too much debt. Investors and analysts didn't realize how much debt they had because it was hidden.

Some people say you should pay down as much debt as possible. But you might make more by investing the money.

Concerns, however, remain on the level of the national debt, inflation and lack of investment.

Preston Sturges

The United States owes a great debt to its inventors. Far from being grateful to them, it places every obstruction in their way and makes it enormously difficult to secure a patent.

This erases our debt completely. We're just really excited.

Kemal Dervis

This is a debt, not a gift, and we should use it very well,

They've already paid their debts to society, and then they're hit over the head again.

A man who has taken your time recognizes no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay

A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt

You plunge yourself further and further into debt, rental prices drop, you can't make your mortgage payments and you're forced to sell for less than you owe.

This is a practical, rational restructuring of the debt.

They go into debt to get an education -- and you're already in debt just living,

They go in debt too far right off the bat, and they have financial problems.

The year 2006 must set a stage for the Zambian economy to move to higher levels of sustained growth in the wake of massive debt forgiveness.

They are signing on for large debts with low initial interest rates that can skyrocket ultimately.

This path may lead to many years of struggling with high-interest-rate debt and limited resources. The result is a feeling of being trapped.

A buyback would be a great way for Ecuador to reduce its debt burden. We could be talking several hundred million of dollars of debt.

It's expectations about savings and debt and their values. What's underneath is trust.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Be modest in your wants...There is nothing that will cause greater tensions in marriage than grinding debt, which will make of you a slave to your creditors.

George Eliot

I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid.

Harvey Weinstein

Debt can be the most addictive thing in the universe, and it can kill you. You get used to living high off the hog. It was intoxicating.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

Francois Rabelais

The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.

George Washington

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it

George Washington

..[Avoid] likewise the accumulation of debt...

George Osborne

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

George Osborne

Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

George R. R. Martin

A Lannister always pays his debts.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts-for example, to you.

Blackstone wanted to have all the debt tendered and paid off.

So we're paying about $2 million a year on debt reduction,

Kevin Watkins

on debt at least it sounds encouraging, it seems there has been some progress.

Now debtors will have to go through a very complicated process to determine if they have any money to pay their creditors, ... It involves looking at their monthly income for the past six months.