Abby Lee Miller Quotes

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.

Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.

I was so deep in red ink coming out of ECW that I had to make a good solid living just to get my nose above the water line because of ECW.

I don't think a bankruptcy is a good thing.

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

You can't be in debt and win. It doesn't work.

I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.

I had to escape the destruction of my father's bankruptcy and all that difficulty.

The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.

Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of financial trouble and would profit from bankruptcy but just haven't filed.

Nobody likes being broke. As somebody who's had to live out of a 1982 Datsun, trust me. I know. I also understand that the first step to improve your situation is to fix the problem that landed you there in the first place.

I lost my computer business when I was 29 because I gave credit to firms I didn't investigate. I lost my house and had to move back in with my parents and then I lived in an office for six months.

Let's say I go completely broke, I'm about to star in the next '30 for 30: Broke.'

You are already broke and don't even know it.

If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free.

By the time most people file for bankruptcy, their credit is already trashed, they have a high debt-to-income ratio - a key indicator lenders look at - and they've likely defaulted on more than a few accounts.

When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.

Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts.

I became a freelance stylist to survive, and then I had a kid. I bankrupted in 1988 and had a kid in 1990.

We're broke. It's never a fun message to deliver.

Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it's difficult to deal with. Many get themselves into debt that can take years to clear up, write bad cheques, shoplift and borrow huge amounts from family and friends.

Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt.

Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors.

I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job and is trying to figure out how her local bank can change the terms on her credit card, and I heard from a physicist at a major research university who wants to explain a better theory of financial stress tests.

Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime; it taints the course of life in all its dreams.