Shane Douglas Quotes

I declared bankruptcy, and that was the worst thing I ever should have done.

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.

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.

If you're living off credit-card advances and ramen noodles, a buyout offer might be too hard to resist. And you'll be even smarter the second time around.

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

While most of us are trying to be more frugal, the loss of a job, a divorce, or a medical emergency can quickly sink us deeply into debt.

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.

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

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

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

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this twilight zone of not knowing where your life is going, and yet you're in Westlife. Everything was great with the band. I was earning money, and it looked good.

The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.

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

Face your financial issues head on. Open your bills, pick up the phone, call your lender. If applicable, tell them you're struggling and explain why. If you lost your job or took a pay cut, be ready to prove it.

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

We all think we're going to get out of debt.

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.

I was able to solve enough big problems along the way that the sheriff didn't come along and put the 'bankruptcy' sign up.

I have huge debts, and know of no other way to resolve them than to re-enter the slave trade.

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

At my lowest point, I was nearly $700,000 in debt.