Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes

I, who ne'erWent for myself a begging, go a borrowing,And that for others. Borrowing's much the sameAs begging; just as lending upon usuryIs much the same as thieving.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.

We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance.

My wealth is very limited. I need to influence other people to give.

Subsidize... or lend.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

I don't like begging money from producers.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

I will also continue to fight to provide better economic security for victims of domestic violence.

I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to.

I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina.

I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.

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.

If you want to know the value of money, try and borrow some.

We had to get on food stamps for a short period of time, so I understand the need for those.

Out of your surplus, you can help your allies, and Israel is a great ally. And this is no particular animus of Israel, but what I will say, and I will say over and over again, we cannot give away money we don't have.

I was once that kid that needed a donation - that needed help to go to camp because my mom wasn't able to pay for it.

My parents divorced, my brothers and I ended up living with my mother, and we were living with the choice of heating or eating. My mum was working, but she needed financial support to make ends meet. I had to have free school dinners and free school uniforms.

We needed the support of our parents because we had no car, no money.

And I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact, I'm able to keep hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional income that I don't need, while a parent out there who is struggling to figure out how to send their kid to college suddenly finds that they've got a couple thousand dollars less in grants or student loans.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

In my twenties, my dad was paying half my rent and my ex boyfriend was paying the other half. I wasn't in a good place!

I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two million dollars.

Would you know what money is, go borrow some.