Hill Harper Quotes

We all have to pay our bills. We all have to pay our taxes. Straight up.

I am not going to fiddle taxes. I pay my accountant a fortune to look after me.

When I bought my first house I had all these red flags on my credit report because I bounced a bunch of checks to places like Pizza Hut and stuff like that for $13 or $15 because I was trying to feed my O-linemen.

My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.

A lower interest rate doesn't make a debt go away.

Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to put into savings.

Even if you feel like your debt is just never going to go away, think long and hard before declaring bankruptcy. Declaring bankruptcy means that getting a loan for anything will be next to impossible for the next 10 years.

Make this the year you tackle that credit card debt once and for all.

When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car.

The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.

I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply.

You don't need credit.

What do I need it for, millions of dollars? It just sounds like problems with the IRS to me.

I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.

Families out there know that if they get in trouble and they've spent up a bunch of money and they've borrowed and they are up to hock to their necks, the thing they've got to do is start paying off what they owe and cut back their spending.

It wasn't until I stood in my truth and told everybody that I had $250,000 in credit card debt. At that point, everything turned around for me. I had to reveal the truth about what I didn't have, more than pretend about what I did. That was interesting.

Use an accountant the first time you file your taxes after becoming a freelancer. It will be worth it.

Face your financial issues head on. Open your bills, pick up the phone, call your lender. If applicable, tell them you're struggling and explain why. If you lost your job or took a pay cut, be ready to prove it.

I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it.

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

If you put a purchase on a charge card, you're paying it off forever. You have to know how to pay it off before you go deeply in debt.

If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.

The evergreen story of people in debt becomes even sexier in an economic downturn, when debts inevitably get harder to pay.

Get rid of debt now.

As borrowers, we may feel guilty about running up debt, anxious about making payments, and resentful of the constraints that old obligations (and old credit records) impose on our current choices. We may find it too easy to buy things we may later regret.