Quotes about Borrowing

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use

And my experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out.

Men like to borrow kisses because they know they will have to pay them back.

Father said it used to be a gentleman was known by his books, nowadays he is known by the ones he has not returned.

It is inevitable that any one who can borrow freely to cover errors of management will borrow rather than correct the errors.

The time for a business man to borrow money, if ever, is when he does not need it.

If we had borrowed we should not have been under the necessity of finding methods to cheapen production.

Then borrow it, that's what banks are for. Why should we risk our own money if we can use someone else's?" Paulina replied, as she always did in such cases.

To improve your memory, lend people money.

He was no longer quite sure whether anything he had ever thought or felt was truly his own property, or whether his thoughts were merely a common part of the world's store of ideas which had always existed ready-made and which people only borrowed, like books from a library.

But borrowing strength builds weakness. It builds weakness in the borrower because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done. It builds weakness in the person forced to acquiesce

But borrowing strength builds weakness. It builds weakness in the borrower because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done. It builds weakness in the person forced to acquiesce, stunting the development of independent reasoning, growth, and internal discipline. And finally, it builds weakness in the relationship. Fear replaces cooperation, and both people involved become more arbitrary and defensive.