Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

When I visited George Bernard Shaw, in 1948, at his home in Aylot, a suburb of London, he was extremely anxious for me to tell him all that I knew about Ingersoll. During the course...

One of the implications of this increased debt is that increasingly, foreigners are financing this debt, putting the American economy in the hands of foreign debt holders, just like the ports deal would have put...

You’ve got institutional memory butting up against the realities of leveraged debt. In the past, the people with institutional memory have held sway, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be that way this time.

We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It’s anachronistic and it’s a problem.

Death is a debt to Nature dueWhich we have paid and so must you.

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying...

Consumers have a lot of debt, but they are not in bad shape.

If I were king, I wouldn’t pay you the money I owe you. I’d give you a far more valuable gift: the gift of life—your own. Yes, you’d get to keep it!

There are no shortcuts when it comes to getting out of debt.

The debt proves that the more than doubling of staff expenses was not affordable and still isn’t, … The supervisors need to discipline themselves to consider long-term decisions.

Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges – on gifts, trades, loans – and the revenges and insults that come when they are not paid back.

No credit–no debt. Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

Karma has been a pop culture term for ages. But really, what the heck is it?Karma is not an inviolate engine of cosmic punishment. Rather, it is a neutral sequence of acts, results, and consequences.Receiving...

[Buck reveals the club was sinking in a quagmire of debt.] I personally was surprised, … They had a ‘£75m Eurobond outstanding and it was perfectly clear to the markets that they might have trouble...

Iraq’s debt to the Russian Federation comes to $8 billion U.S. and as far as the Russian government’s position on this, it is not planning any kind of write-off of that debt.

Hopefully WorldCom will not use its debt-free status to start a price war.

The human eye is restricted to see the useen, because there’s a price to be paid to the rulers of this image and if this image is seen by you, you’ll dare not divulge it...

If you don’t have some bad loans you are not in business.

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

The pension fund will probably invest most of its allocation in domestic debt because Japanese stocks have had a good rally over the past year and the value of bonds is low. Some money may...

An entrepreneur in debt is an entrepreneur in business.

This ought not be a debt that is subject to the bankruptcy proceeding.

They also reinforce the need to maintain a strong fiscal position to lean against the effects of high, debt-financed consumption in the household sector,

It would be bad news if the government encouraged people into a debt situation they were unable to handle.

None of it made any difference. The hollow feeling refused to go away. The next days were very hard. I found myself in the grip of a crippling ennui. I was back at square one,...

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

I had a few good professors in my painting and drawing classes, but all my graphic design classes tried to teach us how to use Photoshop and Illistrator by showing the class demonstration video clips....

Credit is an ‘I love debt’ score.

The logic behind it is if you’re desperately in debt, you might burn the car to collect the insurance. That’s the plain and simple of it.

I think you have a satiated consumer, you’ve got a consumer that’s facing an increasing debt load and I think there wasn’t a lot interesting short of the scooters this Christmas season.

…If you look at mainstream economics there are three things you will not find in a mainstream economic model – Banks, Debt, and Money. How anybody can think they can analyze capital while leaving out...

Even if not one migrant turns out to vote, this was a historic debt that Mexico owed its compatriots abroad. This represents a new political space for our migrants, an opportunity to bridge the gap...

Jimmy put in a word and told them that if I made it, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself without paying them back. That I’d sooner die than owe anyone money for helping...

I’m divorced, in debt, and I can’t grow sideburns. Sometimes I get depressed, but then I think, It’s OK—I can still grow a mustache.

A country of free men is not free if they are owned by somebody else.

Upward rating potential exists, but will need to be accompanied by some combination of a reduction in the debt load, continued growth in liquidity, and consistent growth in cash flow leading to higher coverage levels.

Restructuring our debt, lifting of sanctions and other measures like this will help us achieve our objectives,

A man in debt is so far a slave.

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...

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...

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...

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.