Debt Quotes

He who promises runs in debt

— The Talmud

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

— Robert W. Service

“You still owe a debt. Pay it.”

— Stephen King

Get rid of debt now.

— Suze Orman

Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.

— George Herbert

Lend less than you owe.

— William Shakespeare

He that dies pays all debts.

— William Shakespeare

In the midst of life we are in debt.

— Bill Vaughan

You can't explain collateralized debt obligation in a novel - it's too draggy.

— John Lanchester

[Avoid] likewise the accumulation of debt.

— George Washington

Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“In love I pay my endless debt to you for what you are.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.

— George Washington

I owe a great debt to what we call the amateur theater.

— Van Heflin

Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief.

— Mary Doria Russell

An entrepreneur in debt is an entrepreneur in business.

— Duncan Bannatyne

We will do everything within our power to protect Floridians from unlawful debt collection practices that often employ scare tactics to manipulate…

— Pam Bondi

We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on…

— Michael Bennet

Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I buy companies I want to own. I buy companies that make a lot of money, that don't have a lot of…

— John Layfield

So this was fame at last! Nothing but a vast debt to be paid to the world in energy, blood, and time.

— May Sarton

“If you owe ten pounds to the Bank of England, you get thrown in jail, but if you owe a million pounds,…

— Philippe Riès

Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.

— James Madison

Now was not a good time, but we didn't often get to chose the time to repay our debts.

— Ilona Andrews

The only team that believed in me was the Saints, and I feel like I owe them a great debt of gratitude.…

— Drew Brees

I heard a Lannister always pays his debts." "Oh, every penny…but never a groat more. You'll get the meal you bargained for,…

— Anonymous

Many of our problems are home-grown. Gordon Brown regularly advised the rest of the world to follow his British model of growth.…

— Vince Cable

Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities…

— Jacque Fresco

I was interested in this relationship between the armed robber and the banker who were from different worlds but had similar goals.…

— Jake Halpern

Get your money in balance. One rule of thumb is 50/30/20. Spend about 50% of your money on must-haves - things like…

— Elizabeth Warren

And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments,…

— Barack Obama

It is a terrible situation when the Government, to insure the National Wealth, must go in debt and submit to ruinous interest…

— Thomas A. Edison

This nation is on a course where if we don't do something about it, get federal situation, the fiscal policy [under control],…

— Judd Gregg

“all loans, in the eyes of honest borrowers, must eventually he repaid. All credit is debt. Proposals for an increased volume of…

— Henry Hazlitt

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own” “Stupidity has a certain charm…

— Frank Zappa

We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of…

— Hunter S. Thompson

For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Do Libertarians care about the poor? Well, we're not ladening them down with debt, we're not sending them off to God damned…

— Stefan Molyneux

He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent…

— John Ruskin

I owe a quenchless debt to him who bade me seize my fate And hang it on the faith that I to…

— Gill Robb Wilson