Debt Quotes · Page 33

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt].

— Michele Bachmann

Investing is important, but get debt-free first. That's what frees up your income so you can win.

— Dave Ramsey

You never cash out a 401(k) or IRA to pay off debt, unless it's to avoid a foreclosure or bankruptcy.

— Dave Ramsey

I was delighted with the film [Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth]; it almost made me want to be a…

— Margaret Atwood

The folks I read as a kid really set me up. I owe a huge debt to Ray Bradbury and Madeleine L'Engle.

— Karen Russell

You cannot give anything to a magnanimous person. After you have served him, he at once puts you in debt by his…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debts.

— Henry Ford

“current generation of students even has a nickname.  It is "generation debt."  It is for a reason.  They graduate from school and…

— La Moneda Publishing

Debt deflation is when there's less money that people have to spend out of their paychecks on goods and services, because they're…

— Michael Hudson

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing…

— Mario Monti

Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United…

— Rob Portman

The world is so full of care and sorrow that it is a gracious debt we owe to one another to discover…

— Helen Keller

As far as the gambling debts on there, not one cent was any type of sports betting. It's just something obviously I'm…

— Darren McCarty

Some have been ensnared in the net of excessive debt. The net of interest holds them fast, requiring them to sell their…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

There are four headwinds that are just hitting the American economy in the face: They're demographics, education, debt and inequality. They're powerful…

— Robert J. Gordon

When you look what is happening in this country with the debt, the deficit, the CBO coming out and saying once again…

— Allen West

It is of the greatest consequence that the debt should, with the consent of the creditors, be remoulded into such a shape…

— Alexander Hamilton

You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can…

— Herbert Hoover

Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation…

— Fernando Henrique Cardoso

The dynamic principle of fantasy is play, a characteristic also of the child, and as such it appears inconsistent with the principle…

— Carl Jung

But though a funded debt is not in the first instance, an absolute increase of Capital, or an augmentation of real wealth;…

— Alexander Hamilton

Big banks churn out page after page of incomprehensible fine print to obscure the cost and risks of checking accounts, credit cards,…

— Elizabeth Warren

“Money is sacred as everyone knows... So then must be the hunger for it and the means we use to obtain it.…

— Barry Unsworth

I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser.

— Lisa Caputo

I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work.

— Lisa Madigan

Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.

— Michael Gove

If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.

— Aristophanes

About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

— Arne Duncan

The people of Illinois sent me to Springfield to end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt.

— Bruce Rauner

“The debt ceiling is not what causes our problems, it's the only thing that might help solve our problems.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

In software engineering, we have the term 'technical debt.' When you don't do a job correctly, unaddressed problems become harder and harder…

— Brianna Wu

There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have…

— Thomas Jefferson

I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early…

— Mira Sorvino

The greatest threat to our national security is our debt. We borrow a million dollars a minute.

— Rand Paul

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

— Harvey Weinstein

Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.

— Billie Jean King

For Andrew Jackson, politics was very personal. He hated not just the federal debt. He hated debt at all.

— H. W. Brands

I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla…

— Elon Musk

All of us at Cablevision and MSG owe Dave Checketts a debt of gratitude for 10 years of service.

— James L. Dolan