Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

Money is just the poor man's credit card.

Remember that credit is money.

In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don't need it.

Credit comes with success, and I need to have a lot more of it. In due time - I'm not rushing.

I never did buy things on credit, I always paid for 'em, because I can't see much difference in paying for something and just waiting a week and pay interest on it; that looks foolish to me.

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.

We had plenty of clothes and no money.

Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.

Most people need the money all the time.

There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.

So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be a usurer to him, nor shall you lay upon him usury.

People paid their 3 percent a month interest without considering it excessive.

'Credit' is another word for trustworthiness.

Credit is probably more acceptable in American culture than elsewhere.

It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.

Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.

Even if you feel like your debt is just never going to go away, think long and hard before declaring bankruptcy. Declaring bankruptcy means that getting a loan for anything will be next to impossible for the next 10 years.

The world does not need another credit card.

The world knows already, they just don't have a picture up there or I'll spend the rest of my life in exile. It's hard to do that when you don't have any money.

A person's credit report is one of the most important tools consumers can use to maintain their financial security and credit rating, but for so long many did not know how to obtain one, or what to do with the information it provided.

Make this the year you tackle that credit card debt once and for all.