Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wealthy people with means should be required to pay something on debts and not be able to walk away from them.

When you take on debt, you increase your risk, but you also increase your return,

We have a staggering debt level, and government must ensure our expenditure levels are kept within our means,

Terry Teachout

Whether they know it or not, most American playgoers owe an incalculably great debt to translators. Were it not for their work, comparatively few of us would be able to enjoy the plays of Chekhov, Ibsen or Moliere.

Jim Cooper

When we don't save, we can't even lend money to our government. Today, more than 40% of our huge national debt is owned by foreign countries.

Brunello Cucinelli

I've always had an aversion to debt.

Camilo Jose Cela

When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

Benjamin Franklin

Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.

Benjamin Franklin

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin

When you are in debt, then you are a slave.

Benjamin Franklin

Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net.

Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.

Ted Forrest

We refuse to go into foolish debt to pay for it.

At a time when we're not making our pension payments, when the state's in debt at record levels, we're not sure the time is right to do more borrowing.

A combination of debt and equity is what's being discussed.

A buyback would be a great way for Ecuador to reduce its debt burden. We could be talking several hundred million of dollars of debt.

It's expectations about savings and debt and their values. What's underneath is trust.

A man who has taken your time recognizes no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay

They go into debt to get an education -- and you're already in debt just living,

They go in debt too far right off the bat, and they have financial problems.

This erases our debt completely. We're just really excited.

Kemal Dervis

This is a debt, not a gift, and we should use it very well,

They've already paid their debts to society, and then they're hit over the head again.

It's useful to remember where we were in 2003 with liberation. In 2003, Iraq had the highest debt ... as a share of gross domestic product in the world. And today about two-thirds of that debt has been written off as a result of the support by the international community.

Will Rogers

For every nation and every individual, the principal worry is debt.

The number of students keeps going down, and the debt keeps going up.

It's sure nice to have them home. We owe them a real debt of gratitude.

The year 2006 must set a stage for the Zambian economy to move to higher levels of sustained growth in the wake of massive debt forgiveness.

They are signing on for large debts with low initial interest rates that can skyrocket ultimately.

This path may lead to many years of struggling with high-interest-rate debt and limited resources. The result is a feeling of being trapped.

There may be some selling as people want a higher coupon for the new debt. A 2.2 percent coupon may disappoint investors.

The remaining requirement of up to A$2 billion, we will look at funding options from the debt market, probably in 2003.

It is the development of the debt that is a concern.