Borrowing Quotes

175 quotes by 151 authors

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive… — Martin Feldstein
Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I don't read much of what I write because I worry about unintentionally borrowing something. — Kelley Armstrong
We believed it was better to pay as you go than it was to pay your bills by borrowing and laying up debts for another… — Helen and Scott Nearing
Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing. — Peter R. Orszag
Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies. — Oren Peli
The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to… — John Redwood
It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations… — Evan Davis
Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing… — Christie Brinkley
Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest - sometimes with extensive borrowing - when and where matters of life and death are… — George Friedman
Nothing can do what a book can do. Lifts you out of your life... to a whole new world, whole new perspective. A book is… — Dave Kellett
Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on. — Kin Hubbard
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only… — Martial
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have… — Martial
Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of the… — Isaac D'Israeli
Debt is a bottomless sea. — Thomas Carlyle
Borrowing is not much better than begging. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar. — Morris L. Ernst
As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine. — Lawrence Summers

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