Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of. Votes: 4
Josh BillingsDebt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer. Votes: 3
Nassim Nicholas TalebThe US Debt is the single biggest threat I see to innovation in American business. Votes: 3
Erskine BowlesDebt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into. Votes: 3
Josh BillingsThink What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinA national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. Votes: 2
Alexander HamiltonIf you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. Votes: 2
Earl WilsonSome debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them. Votes: 2
Ogden NashWe owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay. Votes: 2
Doc HastingsNever in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few Votes: 1
Winston ChurchillSome debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them Votes: 1
Ogden NashIf I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you a million, the problem is yours Votes: 1
John Maynard KeynesA responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years. Votes: 0
Daniel Patrick MoynihanReducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health. Votes: 0
Victor PontaDeath's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer. Votes: 0
Richard Brinsley SheridanHigher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges. Votes: 0
Ralph GoodaleIll husbandry lieth In prison for debt: Good husbandry spieth Where profit get. Votes: 0
Thomas TusserI have a plan to make tuition debt-free for public colleges and universities. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonFor your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration. Votes: 0
Natalie MerchantSolving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand. Votes: 0
Olivier SarkozyTo Barack and Michelle Obama - America owes you an enormous debt of gratitude. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonGovernments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn't it? Votes: 0
Kent ConradThe slender debt to Nature's quickly paid,Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made. Votes: 0
Francis QuarlesThe middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created. Votes: 0
Javier BardemRepaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try. Votes: 0
Michael N. CastleTo date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs. Votes: 0
Paul GillmorWhen gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably. Votes: 0
Kevin McCarthyConsumer banking - selling debt to middle class families - has been a gold mine. Votes: 0
Elizabeth WarrenYou really don't need to hire a debt settlement company to negotiate with your creditors. Votes: 0
Jean ChatzkyEvery debt is ultimately paid, if not by the debtor, then eventually by the creditor. Votes: 0
James GrantWhen you get the economy growing, that's when you can deal with the national debt. Votes: 0
Mike PenceI want to make college tuition-free for the middle class and debt-free for everyone else. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonSome people worry because they are in debt; others, because they can't even get in. Votes: 0
Evan EsarDuty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinWe are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history. Votes: 0
Brené BrownNobody gets killed when they're happy. It always starts with an argument, or a debt. Votes: 0
Danny TrejoWe cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonA PERSON WHO CANNOT FORGIVE HAS FORGOTTEN HOW GREAT A DEBT GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEM. Votes: 0
John BevereThe debt that each generation owes to the past, it must pay to the future. Votes: 0
Abigail Scott DuniwayI don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt. Votes: 0
Francois HollandeYou load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Votes: 0
Tennessee Ernie FordBy getting an opportunity to serve society, we get a chance to repay our debt. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiThe greatest act of freeing happened when Jesus died in our place and paid our debt. Votes: 0
John PiperDon't be like me. Look at me: monogamous, in shape, no debt, sober... I'm dead inside. Votes: 0
Greg FitzsimmonsPeople pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerWithout growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare. Votes: 0
Helle Thorning-SchmidtAs a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it. Votes: 0
Naomie HarrisI would almost rather be in debt constantly than work with horrible people that I hate. Votes: 0
Martha PlimptonWhile the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes. Votes: 0
Jason ChaffetzNow a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code. Votes: 0
Robert W. ServiceSpain is finding it very difficult to finance itself with sovereign debt risk premium so high. Votes: 0
Mariano RajoyIt is hard to overstate the debt that we owe to men and women of genius. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollOur ministry is debt free and we have not had to beg or plead for finances. Votes: 0
David WilkersonWe need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem. Votes: 0
Mark ZandiYou go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity. Votes: 0
Barry SternlichtIt is tough being patient when you are more than a half million dollars in debt. Votes: 0
Peter MenzelI think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt]. Votes: 0
Michele BachmannYou still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal. Votes: 0
Michelle SingletaryWhen you've paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society. Votes: 0
Tom VilsackThat thou remember them, some claim as debt; I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget. Votes: 0
John DonneI am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughI am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt. Votes: 0
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodEver since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted. Votes: 0
Michael GoveWhich reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt. "You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth. Votes: 0
Rick RiordanOne of the things that Africa needs, everybody seems to agree, is some measure of debt relief. Votes: 0
Gwen IfillWhen you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerThe greatest threat to our national security is our debt. We borrow a million dollars a minute. Votes: 0
Rand PaulDo not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonRaising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending. Votes: 0
Jacob LewI've been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family. Votes: 0
Gordon StrachanInvesting is important, but get debt-free first. That's what frees up your income so you can win. Votes: 0
Dave RamseyHistorically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority. Votes: 0
Jacob LewIf you default on an unsecured debt, you won't lose anything (except points on your credit score). Votes: 0
Jean ChatzkyBeware of suretyship for thy best friend; he that payeth another man's debt seeketh his own decay. Votes: 0
Joseph JekyllThe American people reject the idea of giving Washington a blank check to increase the debt limit. Votes: 0
Martha RobyA father is someone who can't get on the phone, in the bathroom or out of debt. Votes: 0
John Walter BrattonIf Koboi defeats and presumably murders us both then you can consider the debt null and void. Votes: 0
Eoin ColferWar - after all, what is it that the people get? Why-widows, taxes, wooden legs and debt. Votes: 0
Samuel B. PettengillThere can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. Votes: 0
Henrik IbsenWe have a debt the size of our economy, which makes us look a lot like Greece. Votes: 0
Mitch McConnellIf you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too. Votes: 0
Suze OrmanIf I went in debt a million dollars every time I committed genocide, I'd be our economy. Votes: 0
Dr. SeussAmong my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent. Votes: 0
William DunbarThere is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing. Votes: 0
Mark CainePay off your debt first. Freedom from debt is worth more than any amount you can earn. Votes: 0
Mark CubanThere is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing. Votes: 0
Mark CaneYou need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely. Votes: 0
Dave RamseyI think we all know that world owes an enormous debt to Greece and the Greek people. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaWouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonBreach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe quickest and easiest way to screw up your life is to take on too much debt. Votes: 0
Josh KaufmanBeing instinctively lazy, I see no point in working longer hours just to get out of debt ! Votes: 0
L.G. DurandOur country is losing so much in terms of energy, in terms of paying off our debt. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpAt some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full. Votes: 0
John H. VincentWars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt. Votes: 0
Ezra PoundI don't know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries. Votes: 0
Madonna CicconeI will never forget the debt we owe to those who have fought to keep America safe. Votes: 0
Tom UdallThe day I'm able to be debt-free is the day I'm going to be the happiest guy around. Votes: 0
Steve GarveyWe have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation. Votes: 0
Richard LammSome people use half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. Votes: 0
George D. PrenticeThe Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted. Votes: 0
Francois RabelaisWe don`t need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. Votes: 0
Bernie SandersMen seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try. Votes: 0
John SteinbeckThe world is awash in more debt than there is money enough in the world to liquidate it. Votes: 0
John L. CastiIf you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable. Votes: 0
Phil McGrawNew Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt. Votes: 0
John KeyGetting out and staying out of debt is key. debt is the biggest barrier, a parasite to wealth. Votes: 0
Ann WilsonA debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace Votes: 0
ChanakyaThat is especially important as more young people must take on huge debt loads to go to college. Votes: 0
Elizabeth WarrenSince there is no orderly way to liquidate the federal debt, we must brace for a payment crisis. Votes: 0
Hans F. SennholzHome life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt. Votes: 0
Henrik IbsenThrough a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled. Votes: 0
Irenaeus of LyonsSome people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. Votes: 0
George Dennison PrenticeAmerica has so much debt, if she were a person she'd need a co-signer to get a car loan. Votes: 0
Dov DavidoffIt shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroFrom my point of view it's impossible to cut debt in a country with new debt from another country. Votes: 0
Iveta RadicovaThe bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling. Votes: 0
Charles SchumerA man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerWhen I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs. Votes: 0
Ryan TedderI'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser. Votes: 0
Lisa CaputoIf the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonWe know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does. Votes: 0
Michelle SingletaryThe German debt to the Jewish people can never end, not in this generation and not in any other. Votes: 0
Menachem BeginThe disease of debt has reached the top. And once it reaches the top it has no-where else to go. Votes: 0
Michael PortilloMy kids don't have a trust fund, they have a debt fund. Oh my God, they're $4 million in the hole. Votes: 0
Chris RockI try never to worry in general. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due. Votes: 0
Kevin SmithI think at the end of the day we have to raise the debt ceiling, because America pays its bills. Votes: 0
Terri SewellTo vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible. Votes: 0
Rutherford B. HayesThe 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s. Votes: 0
James GrantThere are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. Votes: 0
John AdamsStay on the path that the Democratic Party has us on, we're going to be in a mountain range of debt. Votes: 0
Mike PenceGod hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace. Votes: 0
William GurnallI have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do. Votes: 0
George Gaylord SimpsonNo! I won't pay debt with a currency that's not backed by gold and silver! No! I won't trust in God! Votes: 0
Jared Lee LoughnerOne of the ways you go after the debt, one of the ways you create jobs is by investing in people. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonIf you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it. Votes: 0
Michelle SingletaryNot all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that. Votes: 0
Dan ArielyIf you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free. Votes: 0
S. Truett CathyDon't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend. Votes: 0
Billie Jean KingMy debt to you, Belovèd, Is one I cannot pay In any coin of any realm On any reckoning day. Votes: 0
Jessie Belle RittenhouseAre we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii? Votes: 0
Erwin W. LutzerThe folks I read as a kid really set me up. I owe a huge debt to Ray Bradbury and Madeleine L'Engle. Votes: 0
Karen RussellThe best way to get out of debt is not to seek to get out of debt, but to seek to create wealth Votes: 0
David Mitchell