“It is important to note, as Trump did Thursday night, that he also has significant assets. Forbes values them at $3.66 billion, enough to make his net worth an estimated $2.5 billion. He is not broke, despite what many critics claim.”— Dan Alexander, forbes.com
“What can we take away from the last decade we lost to a brutally slow economic recovery?”— Eddie Kim, melmagazine.com
“According to recent survey by Credit Karma, 40 percent of millennials have gone into debt to keep up with their friends.”— Amanda Richards, instyle.com
“The idea that growth will remedy our debts is so addictive for politicians.”— Michael Burry, nymag.com
“It seems in today's world the power to absolve debt is greater than the power of forgiveness.”— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Archbishop Gilday, Donal Donnelly, imdb.com
“This is the wrong time to be in someone else’s debt.”— Jack LoGiudice, Daniel Salazar, Rubén Blades, imdb.com
“Young men starting in life should avoid running into debt....Debt robs a man of his self-respect, and makes him almost despise himself.”— P.T. Barnum, amazon.com
“Recalling failures does little to enhance self-control, despite conventional wisdom that one learns from their past mistakes. In fact, our results instead argue that focusing on one’s past mistakes may doom us to repeat them.”— Kristin Wong, thecut.com
“"You don't have to rush. You have careers to launch, debts to pay, spouses to meet and marry. That's enough for now. But in the course of your lives, without any plan on your part, you'll come to see suffering that will break your heart. When it happens, and it will, don't turn away from it; turn to…”— Melinda Gates, news.stanford.edu
“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”— Melinda Gates, amazon.com
“The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established.”— Andy Stanley, amazon.com
“Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can’t afford the time to think.”— Noam Chomsky, goodreads.com
“If you’re looking for a way to finance discretionary purchases, look at your budget and ask yourself the hard question: Why?”— Nick Clements, marketwatch.com
“Money is a touchy thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter if you have a ton of it or none at all, it’s a universally awkward subject. We like to pretend it doesn’t exist, that we’re all on some equal playing field, but we’re not. This is especially true when you’re in your twenties. The people who are fo…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“The only good reason to go into debt is for traveling. Not Isabel Marant boots or expensive groceries.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don’t think there’s any shortage of advice to Millennials, so I’m not going to join the chorus. They can Google anything they need anyway. These poor kids have been helicoptered over since they were infants, promised the sky, then had the economic ladder pulled out from under them, and now they ge…”— Clayton Cubitt, playboy.com
“High school, it seems, has changed. It has become competitive. Young men and women — 13 to 18 years old — must work more or less tirelessly to ensure their spot at a college deemed worthy to them and their families. So rather than living their adolescent lives — lives brimming with desires and vital…”— Daniel Coffeen, thoughtcatalog.com