Friends More Valuable Capital Than Money

"No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more -- to be happy and successful -- than much money..." -- Orison Swett Marden

One Who Can't Pay Convinced of Credit's Value: Dickens

"Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay" -- Charles Dickens

Money is a Poor Man's Credit Card: Marshall Mcluhan

"Money is a poor man's credit card" -- Marshall Mcluhan

Gold Preferred to Paper Money or Bank Credit

"O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor." --Lord Byron

Poor Can't Get Credit, Must Pay Cash:

"It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit." -- Anatole France

Henny Youngman Money Quote: Credit Card Theif

"Someone stole all my credit cards, but I won't be reporting it. The thief spends less than my wife did." -- Henny Youngman

John Adams Quote: Ignorance of Nature of Money

"All the perplexities, confusion and distresses in America arise not from defects in the constitution or confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, as much from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation." -- John Adams