Debt Quotes - Page 37

• We believed it was better to pay as you go than it was to pay your bills by borrowing and laying up debts for another day. To pay as you go, that policy is a safer business policy and a saner business policy, and we thought it was a saner national policy.

  Helen and Scott Nearing

  Pay, Bills, Another Day

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• I'm forever in debt to Nickelodeon. It made me who I am today.

  Josh Peck

  Who I Am, Forever, Today

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• Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

  Jacob Lew

  Party, Responsibility, Voting

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• Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.

  Jacob Lew

  Levels, Limits, Spending

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• The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man's work can earn, must bring to its recipient a most solemn sense of his debt to his fellow scientists and those of the past.

  Edward Mills Purcell

  Past, Men, Long

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• But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Thinking, Unique

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• I would almost rather be in debt constantly than work with horrible people that I hate.

  Martha Plimpton

  Hate, People, Horrible

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• As the United States chains itself down with greater debt, China is building relationships across the globe to bolster its trade, its access to natural resources, and its energy consumption. In far too many cases, this means lost opportunities for America and our businesses.

  Reince Priebus

  Mean, Opportunity, America

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• Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.

  Rob Portman

  Country, Jobs, Government

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• The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again. I was in debt, and it was horrible. And then my family hit such highs in their careers, I asked myself what I was thinking going into the same profession.

  Joely Richardson

  Thinking, Careers, My Family

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Country, Enemy, Unemployment

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• Spain is finding it very difficult to finance itself with sovereign debt risk premium so high.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Risk, Spain, Sovereign

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• Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Peaceful, Democratic, Diamond

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• I've been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family.

  Gordon Strachan

  Football, Long, People

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• Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase debate. He did this. He waited until it was a done deal that we would increase the debt ceiling, and more money would be spent, more money borrowed and then spent on bigger government. And then he came out and he made a statement, that he didn't like the deal after all. You know, you can't defer an issue and assume that the problem is going to be then avoided.

  Sarah Palin

  Heart, Issues, Government

  "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. August 2, 2011.

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• When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.

  John Thune

  Issues, President, Cliffs

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

  Ryan Tedder

  Broke, Eyeballs, Moved

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• I will never forget the debt we owe to those who have fought to keep America safe.

  Tom Udall

  America, Safe, Never Forget

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• 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.

  Evangelos Venizelos

  Country, Europe, Members

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• Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.

  Douglas Wilder

  Country, Organization, Foundation

  "After debt deal mess, Americans lose" by Douglas Wilder, www.politico.com. August 03, 2011.

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• The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers.

  Stewart Udall

  Country, Father, Opportunity

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• It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

  Mike Lee

  Ceilings, Fiction, Fantasy

  "Republican Senator Wants Deeper Spending Cuts". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. February 08, 2011.

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• I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.

  Cameron Mackintosh

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• America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen.

  Peter Welch

  Football, America, Political

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• If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt ceiling. People think it's authorizing new spending. The debt ceiling doesn't authorize new spending; it allows us to pay obligations already incurred.

  Peter Welch

  Thinking, People, Pay

  "Rep. Peter Welch". Interview with Seung Min Kim, www.politico.com. April 21, 2011.

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