debt Quotes

“We say we value the legacy we leave the next generation and then saddle that generation with mountains of debt.”

“Death is a debt to nature due, Which I have paid, and so must you.”

“There’s debts we can’t pay like money debts, by paying extra for the years that have slipped by.”

“Weedon Scott had set himself the task of redeeming White Fang -- or rather, of redeeming mankind from the wrong it had done White Fang. It was a matter of principle and conscience. He felt that the ill done White Fang was a debt incurred by man and that it must be paid.”

“Justice is the giving to each man what is proper to him, and this he termed a debt.”

″... he saved my life in the coolest and readiest manner, and he has made a friend who never will require to be reminded of the debt he owes.”

“It’s not what you make but what you save that gets you out of debt.”

“The keynote of the Black Belt is debt; continued inability on the part of the mass of the population to make income cover expense.”

“Connor had risked his life to save Lev, just as Connor had done for the baby on the doorstep. Well, the baby had been saved, but Lev had not, and although he knows he can’t be held responsible for Lev’s unwinding, he feels as if it is his fault.”

“As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it, avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt...”

“We have to see Darby Thorne again. We owe her something that can’t be written on a check.”

“Love’s an illusion. It’s a dream you wake up from with an enormous hangover and net credit debt. I’d rather have cash.”

“Mrs. Frisby, it seems that you have more than repaid us for the help we gave you in moving your house. Just as your husband did once, you have saved us from a disaster: death or capture—we do not yet know which.”

“I owe a great debt to Eliza Nuttall, the woman you call Grandmother. She was my nurse.”

“No one ever said that you could work hard – harder even than you ever thought possible – and still find yourself sinking ever deeper into poverty and debt.”

“Very educated gentlemen, the debtors. A man needs to be educated to get into debt.”