Borrowing Quotes - Page 3

• A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Memories, Writing, Imagination

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1835). “Specimens of the table talk”, p.136

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• If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already.

  Paul Ryan

  Jobs, Would Be, Employment

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• Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Pay, Peter

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• He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.

  Martial

  Giving, Wish, Half

  Martial (1871). “The Epigrams of Martial”, p.63

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• Creditors have better memories than debtors.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Memories, Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.253

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• [D]on't ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read.

  Neil Gaiman

  Book, Healing, Hands

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• We Americans are not about to stop borrowing as long as they give us money for nothing.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Long, Giving

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• Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Heaven, Soul, Literature

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• You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Money, Income

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• The first step in taking control of your money is to stop borrowing money. Start using cash today.

  Dave Ramsey

  Cash, Today, Firsts

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• There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money

  George Washington

  Practice, Dangerous, Borrowing Money

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.12, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Friendship, Enough, Acquaintance

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 12

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• It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.

  Anton Chekhov

  Money, Poor, Easier

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• Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Jobs, Thinking, Government

  "Planned Chaos". Book by Ludwig von Mises, 1947.

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• I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage -- leverage being borrowed money. You really don't need leverage in this world much. If you're smart, you're going to make a lot of money without borrowing.

  Warren Buffett

  Smart, Investing Money, People

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• A debt is just as hard for a Government to pay as it is for an individual. No debt ever comes due at a good time. Borrowing is the only thing that seems handy all the time.

  Will Rogers

  Government, Debt, Pay

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• What's so exciting is to be able to just take something and polish it so much that hopefully in the future people will start borrowing things from it.

  Theo de Raadt

  People, Able, Exciting

  "Staying on the Cutting Edge". Interview with Sam Varghese, www.theage.com.au. October 08, 2004.

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• We need to throw the resources at this that are necessary. But like I say, we are not spending money. I mean, if we buy these assets intelligently, the United States Treasury will make money. I mean, it's borrowing money. It's just a few percent a year.

  Warren Buffett

  Mean, Years, United States

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". "Charlie Rose", www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• A very complicated mass of things influences the economy - the speculative effect, government policy, consumer borrowing and spending, the level of technical innovation (which I concede, although everyone emphasizes it too much), and much more - including, of course, the rate of inflation.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Government, Innovation, Too Much

  Source: progressive.org

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• I borrow to pay my honest debts and not to squander foolishly. What's more, I confine my borrowing to those who can well afford it. I don't go around sponging on widows and orphans unless they have plenty.

  Will Cuppy

  Widows And Orphans, Debt, Pay

  "I'm Not the Budget Type". Scribner's Magazine CII (6), p. 19-21, 1937.

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• We know better than to think that Republicans can win only on the failures of Democrats. It still comes down to a contest of ideas, which is really good news, ladies and gentlemen, because when it's about ideas, the advantage goes to us. Against their dreary backdrop of arrogant bureaucracies, pointless mandates, reckless borrowing, willful retreat from the world and all that progressives have in store for us, the Republican Party stands as a great enduring alternative party.

  Paul Ryan

  Party, Winning, Thinking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging up and a substantial current account deficit... People understandably feel more confident about their future than they've done for decades, but as a result they have been borrowing more and saving less... Coming on top of a massive income investment boom, it's all been just a bit too much of a good thing.

  Nigel Lawson

  Monday, People, Black

  Speech to the Conservative Party Conference, October 13, 1988.

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• Among my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent.

  William Dunbar

  Love Is, Debt, Friend Love

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• We can't expect entrepreneurs and businesses large and small to take their life savings or their company's money and invest in America if they think we're headed to the road to Greece. And that's where we're going right now unless we finally get off this spending and borrowing binge. And I'll get us on track to a balanced budget.

  Mitt Romney

  Thinking, America, Track

  Source: genius.com

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• Borrowing has a bad name, but you would be surprised how it helps in a pinch.

  Will Cuppy

  Names, Would Be, Helping

  "I'm Not the Budget Type". Scribner's Magazine CII (6), p. 19-21, 1937.

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