Debt Quotes

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

Make this the year you tackle that credit card debt once and for all.

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.

It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical circumstances.

Credit is an 'I love debt' score.

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

While I encourage people to save 100% down for a home, a mortgage is the one debt that I don't frown upon.

You can't be in debt and win. It doesn't work.

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

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

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the Apollo 11 mission.

Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.

I have never had personal debt and never will.

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

Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone.

When you've paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society.

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income will a household need to put into debt repayment? How large is the down payment? Does the borrower have a job with a stable income? What is the borrower's credit score?

President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and the statutory debt limit. Unless the President and House Republicans can agree on changes to current law, the U.S. economy will be in recession by spring.

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

It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most important thing in this country is to increase payments for interest on the national debt.

We all think we're going to get out of debt.

King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.

The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created.

There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.

Governments are not always right.

Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.

Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.

I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's going to have to find a way to get on the agenda.

It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.

I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade - more mandates, higher costs, more taxes. Their healthcare bill - more mandates, higher costs, higher taxes.

One needs a comprehensive concept that decides just how much debt states like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy can sustainably bear.

I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out.

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

'Twas drink made me fall in love, And love made me run into debt, And though I have struggled and struggled and strove, I cannot get out of them yet.

Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough.

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.

You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt. The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.

What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental property, office building, condo - does not cover the debt incurred to buy the asset. So you depend on a greater fool, if you will, to come in and buy at a higher price.

Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.

Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on trickle-down.

It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt.

Governments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn't it?

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.

If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.

I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody: Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians - I'll work with Martians if - and the if is critical - they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt.

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!

These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.

About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt.

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.

I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year.

You've got to either say you're going to cut taxes and find some spending cuts. I think we ought to reform long-term entitlement spending in the country, but you can't out of one side of your mouth say, 'Yes, we're for tax cuts, we're for spending discipline, and we're for bringing down the debt.'

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.

I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.

The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery.

Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.

Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP.