Credit

Famous quotes containing the word credit:

    “In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs ‘pass,’ so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “Gratitude among friends is like credit among tradesmen: it keeps business up, and maintains commerce. And we pay not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we might the more easily find lenders on another occasion.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)