“The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit — a reputation, character.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) American business magnate and philanthropist
The Men Who Are Making America (1918) by Bertie Charles Forbes
“Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money.”
Letter to Dwight Martin (21 February 1964), p. 440
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
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Irving Thalberg (1899–1936) American film producer
Quoted by Norman J. Zierold in The Moguls (New York: Coward-McCann, 1969). Also quoted as "Credit you give yourself is not worth having." Thalberg never took an onscreen credit in films he produced; MGM gave him a screen credit for The Good Earth (1937), released after his death.
“Gold is money. Everything else is credit.”
J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector
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J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector
Testimony to the Pujo Committee (1912)
Untermyer: Is not commercial credit based primarily upon money or property?
Morgan: No, sir; the first thing is character.
Testimony to the Pujo Committee (1912)
J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector
Testimony to the Pujo Committee (1912)
Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman
Property (1935)
Context: In three ways unemployment would be reduced. First... by greater equalization of purchasing power and consequent stimulus in the form of effective demand. Second, by utilizing the national credit and socialized industries for the creation of new industries and the extension of existing ones.... Social ownership and operation of the basic industries, and especially socialized banking and credit, would greatly facilitate the task of shifting the masses of unemployed into productive channels. Third, if necessary, by shortening working hours and dividing the available work among all the people.
Sean Russell (1952) author
Source: World Without End (1995), Chapter 7 (p. 104)
“So, your dad's hot."
"Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.”
Ally Carter (1974) American writer
Source: Perfect Scoundrels
Wesley Clark (1944) American general and former Democratic Party presidential candidate
Esquire magazine (August 2003)