John Buchan

I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man’s surety.

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

I like my players to be married and in debt. That’s the way you motivate them.

He who promises runs in debt.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift…. The hangover comes the day after.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

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

Debt is the worst poverty.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don’t say nothin’ ’bout the money. ‘Hi, how ya doin’? How’s ya mama doing?’ Man, how’s my money doin’?

A church debt is the devil’s salary.

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.

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

Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open enemies.

To preserve their independence, we must not let our rules load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.