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Quotes About Credit

Among the well-intentioned men who were woefully backward in finance, if forward-looking in politics, were Hamilton's three most savage critics of the 1790s: Jefferson, Madison, and Adams. These founders adhered to a static, archaic worldview that scorned banks, credit, and stock markets. From this perspective, Hamilton was the progressive figure of the era, his critics the conservatives.
~ Ron Chernow
On April 30, 1781, Hamilton sent a marathon letter to Morris—it runs to thirty-one printed pages—that set forth a full-fledged system for shoring up American credit and creating a national bank.
~ Ron Chernow
Koppel won an Emmy for that show. Miscavige took credit for it, saying, "I got Ted the Emmy." He even had a replica of an Emmy made and placed in the Officers Lounge at Gold Base. But he never went on television again.
~ Lawrence Wright
The Amex card was the basic green item, due to expire in a year and a half. He had carried one since 1964, according to the Member Since rubric.
~ Lee Child
So exploring the scientific and historical evidence for God is not only a cognitive exercise, but it's an act of worship for me. It's a way of giving the Creator the credit and honor and glory that are due to him.
~ Lee Strobel
we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of those virtues that are likely to be a benefit to us.
~ Lewis Carroll
I did learn fairly early that the best and most effective way to lead is by letting people do things because they want to do them, not because you want them to. The best leaders also know when they are wrong, and are capable of pulling themselves out. And the best leaders enable others to make decisions for them. Let me rephrase that. Much ofLinux's success can be attrib­uted to my own personality flaws: 1) I'm lazy; and 2) I like to get credit for the work of others.
~ Linus Torvalds
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
~ Bertrand Russell
Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.
~ Mark Twain
There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.
~ Adlai E. Stevenson
As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.
~ Mickey Mantle
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
~ Casey Stengel
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
~ Billie Jean King
If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it.
~ Dorothy Parker
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
~ Douglas MacArthur
Not the least of them is that while the West is assaulted for everything it has done wrong, it now gets no credit for having got anything right.
~ Douglas Murray
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
~ Dwight Morrow
The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition.
~ Dwight Morrow
The world is divided into people who do things, and people who get credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class, there is far less competition.
~ Dwight Morrow
I don't like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.
~ Elizabeth Warren
Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life.
~ John Flavel
Went to get coffee today-opened my change purse. Sea shells fell out. Barista goes "Sorry, we only take cash or credit." So there's that.
~ Taylor Swift
There was a time when love was the law. There was a time for the tooth and the claw, Last rites given, no holds barred. Heaven express on my credit card.
~ Jethro Tull