Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The thing about using other people's money is they're going to set the rules.

I would love to, if someone would lend me the money.

The bottom line is, I've got a wife and three kids. I've got bills I have to pay.

I need money. I have a staff of 30, and four houses, never mind the government, to support.

And we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.

Pay off your student loan. Even if you don't have a job...Because when you finally get a job you're going to be one of us.

DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver. As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet, Pressing his nose against the glass that holds him, Nor ever sees the prison that enfolds him; So the poor debtor, seeing naught around him, Yet feels the narrow limits that impound him, Grieves at his debt and studies to evade it, And finds at last he might as well have paid it.

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!

Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

Debt has become a part of who we are.

I pay the bills, I pay for everything.

We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

The American people care about the fact that we have $17 trillion in debt and 10 percent of every tax dollar that's coming in is going to pay for past overspending.

Good advice is never as helpful as an interest-free loan.

If you live beyond your means and have to restructure as a result, you pay a price.

The more comprehensive and convincing a debt reduction program is, the less likely it is to fail. And remember, just as Germany is grateful to America for the Marshall Plan, Italy would be grateful to Germany for helping it lower its refinancing costs.

Once you get into debt, it’s hell to get out. Don’t let credit card debt carry over. You can’t get ahead paying eighteen percent.

We owe more money than any Nation in the World, and we are LOWERING TAXES. When is the time to pay off a debt if it is not when you are doing well? You let a Politician return home from Washington and announce, 'Boys we lowered your taxes. We had to borrow the money to do it, but we did it.' Say, they would elect him for life.

I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement.

We do not want Ukraine to default. On the contrary, we need an economically viable partner. However, debts should be paid, and this includes state and commercial debts

There's nothing as short as short-term debt.

A debt is just as hard for a Government to pay as it is for an individual. No debt ever comes due at a good time. Borrowing is the only thing that seems handy all the time.

Borrowing is not much better than begging.

I don't got that kind of money man, commercials only pay so much (inaudible).

You don't happen to have a thousand dollars I can borrow?" "I don't have five you can borrow. My piggy bank is officialy anorexic.