Bill Cosby Quotes

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

I promise not to take my thousands of dollars in student loan debt and move to Mexico. At least not right away.

The decision to go into debt alters the course and condition of your life. You no longer own it. You are owned.

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

A lower interest rate doesn't make a debt go away.

Congratulations on your job at the bank! Yes. You work for the bank. After taxes, your largest expense is your mortgage and credit-card debt.

Believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage.

Who goeth a borrowing. Goeth a sorrowing.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

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.

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

The new American dream is one of responsibility. What is the bottom-line number that you're going to be able to pay back toward a student loan responsibly if you're doing it yourself after you have a job? That dictates the amount of money you can borrow. That dictates the school you can go to, if you can even go to a four-year college at all.

I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

When you borrow money, you should always think how you're going to pay it back.

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.

When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

I'm the king of debt.

When our family business separation was implemented, as the eldest member of the family, I had taken the entire burden of the debts. I believe, it was my mistake to have told myself that, 'Subhash, you can earn and repay the creditors.'

Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.

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

Loans are a different experience for everyone, but the mentality you have to have is not to feel relaxed. You have to have a mindset that you're going to try harder and work harder than anyone.

I was making too much money. I was too young. I didn't know how to deal.