Ogden Nash

Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer

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

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Good times are when people make debts to pay in bad times.

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

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.

Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other obligations, are unable or unwilling to go deeper into debt. … It is, moreover, only prudent economic and social policy for the public to share part of the costs of the long period of higher education for those whose development is essential to our national economic and social well-being. All of us share in the benefits – all should share in the costs.

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill!

[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can’t pay, gets another person who can’t pay, to guarantee that he can pay.

Debt certainly isn’t always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans can be a necessity in getting a good job. Both are investments worth making, and both come with fairly low interest rates.

A debt is still unpaid, even if forgotten.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

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

One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can’t pay back.

If you’re thinking of debt, that’s what you’re going to attract.

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.