Credit Quotes

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States.

Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.

President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.

The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people.

I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure.

Credit you give yourself is not worth having.

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

The American public's a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I'm going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I'm going to do it.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!

There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it.

There's probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out.

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon.

We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things.

It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.

I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career. I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before 'ER' happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him.

When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates.

Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as well as products. So the video game business went from absolutely zero designer credit to something approaching rock star promotion.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

If I had done what I was programmed to do, I would now be sitting in a car factory looking at the sizes of wheels, or wondering how to get credit to start a new factory in Russia.

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.