Quotes about indebtedness (14 Quotes)


    She planted that terror of debt so deeply in her children that even now, in a changed economic pattern where indebtedness is a part of living, I become restless when a bill is two days overdue. Olive never accepted the time-payment plan when it became popular. A thing bought on time was a thing you did not own and for which you were in debt. She saved for things she wanted, and this meant that the neighbours had new gadgets as much as two years before we did.

    The main vulnerability here is the high and growing level of indebtedness. This poses dangers because, notwithstanding current robust economic growth in Ireland, there are domestic and external risks to the economic outlook.

    OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession it meant 'own,' and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

    Consistent with our opportunistic approach to improving our balance sheet, the purpose of this exchange offer is to improve Charter's financial flexibility by extending debt maturities and reducing overall indebtedness.



    Never before had China seen a religion so rich in imagery, so beautiful and captivating in ritualism and so bold in cosmological and metaphysical speculations. Like a poor beggar suddenly halting before a magnificent storehouse of precious stones of dazzling brilliancy and splendor, China was overwhelmed, baffled and overjoyed. She begged and borrowed freely from this munificent giver. The first borrowings were chiefly from the religious life of India, in which China's indebtedness to India can never be fully told.

    Without a further dollar decline, U.S. net foreign indebtedness and the federal debt burden threaten to become overwhelming.


    The level of U.S. indebtedness to the rest of the world has more than doubled over the past five years to more than 25 percent of its GDP. These large imbalances are not sustainable over the longer run. No country, even one as big as the United States can keep increasing its external indebtedness as a share of its GDP. Ultimately, these imbalances will have to be resolved.

    One of Satan's greatest tools is pride to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she becomes insensitive to his Creator or fellow beings. It is a cause for discontent, divorce, teenage rebellion, family indebtedness, and most other problems we face.

    Profuse expressions of gratitude do not cancel an indebtedness any more than a promissory note settles an account. It is a beginning, not a finality. Gratitude that is extravagant in words is usually economical in all other expression.

    Capitalization rate is merely one indicator of real estate value. Each property needs to be evaluated independently based on current and future income, market and submarket dynamics, physical condition and the terms of any indebtedness secured by the property. These capitalization rates and values may not be representative of future capitalization rates and values that may be achieved on the Company's remaining properties under the liquidation plan.

    These are pretty basic principles. All we're talking about are things like a balanced budget and the idea of not increasing bonded indebtedness. I think we all believe in these basic Republican principles.




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