#spend

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#fiscal-policy #national-debt #political-philosophy #liberty

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#chop #down #first #four #give

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. ↗

— John Adams

#fiscal-policy #national-debt #nationalism

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#could #give #hurt #knowing #materialized

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. ↗

— James Madison

#government-spending #charity

I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#feel #guilty #home #i #kids

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check. ↗

— Russell Banks

#solitude #spend #time #total #working

Those who spend too fast never grow rich. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#grow #grow rich #never #rich #spend

And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?' ↗

— Javier Bardem

#after #back #come #doing #go

It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#away #body #gets #life #looking