Debt Quotes

1181 Debt quotes by 770 unique authors

'The Sopranos' gets praised as novelistic, but it follows the most banal of life patterns, showing the sheer tedium of being a mobster. It has… — Rob Sheffield
First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? — Adam Smith
For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and… — Iain Duncan Smith
Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt… — Iain Duncan Smith
The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for… — Steven Spielberg
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending… — Eliot Spitzer
In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished. — Roger Stone
After everyone has had a chance to bluster, posture, and pontificate, we are left with one basic question: under any foreseeable circumstance, would it be… — John Sununu
Households and businesses cut expenses every day. Passing a financial down payment alongside the debt limit sends the right message to the public, and gives… — John Sununu
The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we… — John Sununu
Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems… — James Surowiecki
The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does… — James Surowiecki
When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is 'debt.' And from 'debt' it's just a short hop… — James Surowiecki
Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the… — Matt Taibbi
Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and sovereign governments to manage their debt, and the scale of their use is… — Matt Taibbi
The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits. — Matt Taibbi
The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start… — James Taylor
The debt limits have to come down. The whole world of debt has to be changed as far as this country is concerned. We have… — Donald Trump
Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going, defending ourselves, activist… — J C Watts
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… — Harvey Weinstein
When you look what is happening in this country with the debt, the deficit, the CBO coming out and saying once again we're going to… — Allen West
The capitalist system is about taking from the Earth and from the other great commodity, labour. What's happening with this system is that the rich… — Vivienne Westwood

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