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. ...
Debts are subject to the laws of mathematics rather than physics. Unlike wealth, which is subject to the laws of thermodynamics, debts do not rot with old age and are not consumed in the process of living. On the contrary, they grow at so much per ce...
There is a great uproar made about the debt of a poor man.
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.
I think what's important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is unable to pay its debts, the consequences will be immediate and dramatic.
From my point of view it's impossible to cut debt in a country with new debt from another country.
We tend to focus on assets and forget about debts. Financial security requires facing up to the big picture: assets minus debts.
Even if you were to fall into extreme financial hardship and file for bankruptcy, you need to understand that your student loan debt will not be discharged in bankruptcy. It is the Velcro of all debts.
You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.
Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
The evergreen story of people in debt becomes even sexier in an economic downturn, when debts inevitably get harder to pay.
A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.
Gold is a debt we can repay, but kindness not till our dying day.
Old debts are never paid, and the new ones get old easily.
Better to go to bed hungry than to wake up in debt.
Going to bed without dinner is better than waking up in debt.
Rich is he who has no debts, fortunate he who lives without handicap.
The artist says to the cosmos: All I ask is infinite love-is that so very wrong? And the cosmos doesn't even bother to respond.
Budgeting has only one rule: Do not go over budget.
Tea Partiers hate government more than they hate the national debt. They refuse to reduce that debt with tax increases, even with tax increases on the wealthy, because a tax increase doesn't reduce the size of government.
