Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Rangel

The whole Republican rationale for passing such a big tax cut is that we needed to send the surpluses back to the people. How ironic is it that we are now borrowing from the people in order to pay them their checks?

The working capital reserve will enable us to essentially loan money to ourselves, as opposed to borrowing from outside financial institutions. This will save us considerable time and money.

This is an important finding because those who know their personal wealth are more likely to spend, borrow and save sensibly.

Sonny Bono

You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

Ken Mehlman

We've suffered a war, and one thing we know: Whenever our nation's faced war, whether it was in the 1980s when we were winning the Cold War or in the 1940s during World War II, the responsible thing to do has been to borrow money to win the war.

Michael Penn

There is a real difference in mentality. Consumers from poorer European countries are more cautious and tend to save more and borrow less.

The professional fees helped Delta borrow the money that it needs to turn the company around, because without financing you're out of business.

When I heard Evans on radio saying I borrowed money from him, I was most embarrassed.

There is no doubt the government will have to borrow to finance the salaries and this is destructive economically.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I watched them use pizzazz, personality, and charisma. I took things from them and borrowed things from them because boxing is entertainment.

Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper

Greg Graffin

Every place has its own punk flavor, but they all borrowed ideas from SoCal. It's still a vibrant scene creeping into every crevasse of youth culture. When you hear grunge, you think of the '90s, but when you hear L.A. punk, it's timeless.

Borrowing in the short term has become the way to resolve these impasses.

Borrowing from physics, the last thing an unstable system needs is a shock. And yet the risks of just such a disturbance have never seemed higher. Far-fetched as it seems, the possibility of a more perilous endgame is rising.

Even though the rising pattern in borrowing costs is a form of restraint, it is being offset by a surge in equity wealth as the stock market records consistent gains.

I borrowed a lot of money from my parents in the years leading up to the 2000 Olympics, and I worked odd jobs.

Charlie Wilson

Tulsa was the kind of place where you could go to any door and borrow a cup of sugar. Everybody knew everybody. Truthfully, I don't even remember dealing with any racism in our town; we all got along.

While we are pleased with the level of post-petition financing we were able to obtain, we must stop using borrowed money to fund our losses.

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but that's not what's being done.

Philip Kerr

I was a member of Corstorphine Library in Edinburgh, and every Friday night, my parents took me there to borrow books. I also used to spend nearly all my pocket money on books.

Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with.

We are very, very proud of the fact we're going to be able to build a new library and take on these major improvements over the next few years without having to borrow money for it.

You have to look at how competitive these loans are. People who walk into branches will be sold them but would be much better off getting a 100 per cent loan with no higher lending charge. The cost of borrowing that extra percentage is huge.

With interest rates on federal student loans set to rise on July 1 for the second-straight year, the clock is ticking for borrowers to lock in today's interest rates -- the fourth-lowest in the history of the student loan program.

We had to borrow the money to put the system in, it was about $140,000 and the $85,000 is relieving the stress of the hospital tremendously financially.

We had to beg, borrow and steal for everything we put in a show.

We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it form our children.

We are urged each and every day to spend and borrow and live for the moment. Don't you know that you can't live without that 51-inch projection television? How can you conceivably drive a 15-year-old car?

Fear of higher rates and higher Treasury yields are the main factors driving markets these days. We've been used to low rates for such a long time that now it seems the market was caught by surprise with yields at these levels. We might see less borrowing and less spending as a result.

There's no way for consumers to borrow more cheaply. But that might change if the Fed raises rates a couple more times.

There's no testimony that he ever used it, possessed it, borrowed it.

I started this business by borrowing $18,000 on my credit card and cashing in my retirement in 1993. Nobody gave me anything.