24 quotes found
“[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.”
“The system we have built refuses to recognize people. Only credit cards are recognized. Drivers' licenses are recognized. But not people. People haven't any use for faces anymore, it seems. They ar...”
“Once again discovered: Do what you do because you enjoy. If expect others to give credit or honor your work, you are due for disappointment”
“Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society...”
“It would be so nice to be wanted by someone with the courage to get his hat or stay as he damn pleased, and who gave her credit for the same. Someone who didn't worry about her.”
“A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.”
“The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks.”
“There are lots of families who - who make irresponsible purchases. There are also a lot of families who have debt on credit cards because they use those credit cards to pay for medical bills.”
“Two European nations emerged with credit from the Iraq disaster: France and Germany. Both had the courage to withstand the Bush administration and oppose the U.S.-led invasion.”
“I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here.”
“A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.”
“It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.”
“You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.”
“Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.”
“I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.”
“You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.”
“In God we trust all others must pay cash.”
“He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.”
“No man's credit is as good as his money.”
“Ah take the cash and let the credit go.”
