My conclusions, on this point, are as follows: when the Law Commission says committal of judgment debtors is an anomaly that cannot be justified and should be abolished; when it is common cause that there is a general international move away from imprisonment for civil debt, of which the present committal proceedings are an adapted...

The industry should seek for long-term financing for its investments as opposed to short-term debt.

recession.” No matter how many millions of jobs are lost, how much debt our country accrues, or how many years the stagnation drags on, it’s not a depression until the dogmatic media officially declares it to be a depression. It’s as if they believe by repeatedly printing or saying economists are afraid the economy will...

The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you’re willing to sacrifice

It was a good auction. Investors felt safe buying at the new debt because of waning concerns the central bank will raise rates anytime soon.

Isn’t it sad that we have to gain control of the artificial numbers placed upon us by others to regain some control of our lives?

What does jealousy indicate? Jealousy is love manifested in the physical world. If you are jealous you have a debt to pay; if someone is jealous of you, he has a debt to pay to you.

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

Love is like 17 cents minus 33,333.50 dollars. No wait, that’s not love—that’s how much debt I owe for a worthless college degree.

You never cash out a 401(k) or IRA to pay off debt, unless it’s to avoid a foreclosure or bankruptcy.

There is no doubt that Malawi needs 100 percent debt cancellation as soon as possible, and I will do everything possible to speed that up.

And don’t tell me debt is not a big deal. Debt will cut off your legs and laugh at you as you grovel in the dirt begging for mercy. If you don’t need it, don’t get it. If you can’t afford it, don’t get it. If you’re already in debt, get out quickly. If you...

When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.

Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate.

They would’ve had to take in a tremendous amount of debt to do this acquisition, and that means that they would’ve had to do some streamlining and employee cuts. Maybe, in the breakup and re-sell of the Grand Forks Herald, we still have an upside.

I own nothing, but at least nothing owns me. Well, besides the bank.

You’ve got a bubble in bonds. There is a panic to buy debt just like there was a panic to buy stocks in 1999.

We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives.

If I owe a person money, and cannot pay him, and he threatens to put me in prison, another person can take the debt upon himself, and pay it for me. But if I have committed a crime, every circumstance of the case is changed. Moral justice cannot take the innocent for the guilty even...

Some investors bought back debt that they sold on speculation consumer prices would post a gain.

Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures.

No one would argue that we owe a debt of gratitude to the Goliath Corporation. They helped us to rebuild after the Second War and it should not be forgotten. Of late, however, it seems as though the Goliath Corporation is falling far short of its promises of fairness and altruism. We are finding ourselves...

The temperature in the room seems to have gone up about ten degrees. My armpits are sweating and I notice myself vigorously massaging my left hand with my right hand. I am clenching my jaw tight and my body seems rigidly fit for a casket. But enough relaxing, it’s time to do what I have...

Every time you borrow money, you’re robbing your future self.

Thirty-year bonds look attractive. There is solid demand for bonds, such as and 30-year debt, so the sale will go smoothly.

Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him.

The gift was not large as money goes, and my need was not great, but the spirit of the gift is beyond price and leaves me blessed and in debt.

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

The ruling passion of the age is to convert wealth into debt in order toderive a permanent future income from it – to convert wealth that perishesinto debt that endures, debt that does not rot, costs nothing to maintain,and brings in perennial interest.

You need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely.

If you have a lot of short-term debt, it means that all of that money can be demanded in a very short period of time. Technically, short-term debt means money that’s coming due within a year. Typically, it means money that’s coming due within 30 to 90 days.

Self-preservation—this is your new focus. The only obligation of today is to preserve the breath of tomorrow. Then, once footing is regained, you can begin to fulfill debt obligations. Debt is hindsight.

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

He had been born into debt, as had his father and his father before him. Indenture and slavery were two words for the same thing.

Our creditors could pull all our debt in 24 hours if we stopped operating.

This is a question of being responsible and having the right values and priorities, … I think adding massive debt to the people of our country is not responsible.

The debt is going to be crushing.

If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.

If you have debt I’m willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

The cut in the debt sales is a positive for bonds. The improved fiscal situation with a stricter cap on sales lightens up the sentiment in the market.

This path may lead to many years of struggling with high-interest-rate debt and limited resources. The result is a feeling of being trapped.

It is quite possible that the rise in household debt ratios could go a good distance further. The risk, of course, is that the process goes too far and that a painful correction ensues.

I gave her all my love, because it was cheaper than giving her all my money. Now I’m in debt, and now I’m in debt. She had too much interest in me.

With the crushing debt burden lifted, countries can focus their efforts on generating economic growth by investing in infrastructure to help move goods from producers to purchases and by investing in their people

Old: Give me liberty or give me death. – New: Give me liberty or give me debt.

China has speeded up the overhaul of its banking sector to improve corporate governance and debt quality. Efforts include pouring funds into bigger, healthier players and encouraging them to go public overseas.

The Sikh gave him the money. When Menon asked for his address so that he could repay the man, the Sikh said that Menon owed the debt to any stranger who came to him in need, as long as he lived. The help came from a stranger and was to be repaid to a stranger.

[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can’t pay, gets another person who can’t pay, to guarantee that he can pay.

In a rising interest rate environment, there’s very little justification for holding on to credit card debt. It should almost always be the primary focus of your debt reduction efforts.

Broke is a relative term, like sister, cousin, or Uncle Sam.