Quotes About Lending

My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.

Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhound until they are returned.

When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers' accounts.

When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.

Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"

The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks' often foolish lending.

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.

So you know, everyone points out Greece's default record, but the history of a lot of sovereign nations is not a good one when it comes to lending them money.

Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit.

If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.

I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.

In the real world, banks hang onto their money for fear of making bad loans, no matter how many bailouts or stimulus packages Washington passes.

In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest.

It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.

This is no time to lend money, especially upon bare friendship without security.

It saves a lot of trouble if, instead of having to earn money and save it, you can just go and borrow it.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be for loan oft loses both itself and friend and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

If you would know the value of money go and try to borrow some.

Banks were once places to hold money and were very careful in lending to finance families as they built a future - bought homes, bought cars, took out student loans.

The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.

More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.

Banks should contribute to the real economy, make a positive contribution to economic growth.

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses.