Joyce Brothers

Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open foes. The debt-habit is the twin brother of poverty.

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.

Debt is to man what the serpent is to the bird; its eye fascinates, its breath poisons, its coil crushes sinew and bone, its jaw is the pitiless grave.

Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.

A debt is still unpaid, even if forgotten.

I took my power back, like, ‘Man, my financial situation don’t make me.’ I’m in debt – now what? And I’m still Ye.- Kanye West

If you’re trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound.

A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

If there is anyone to whom I owe money, I’m prepared to forget it if they are.

Debt, we’ve learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains – pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies – but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.

Debt is great source of inner unhappiness.