Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.
'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Assad owes his continuation in power to the intervention of Russia in 2015 to prop up his regime.
One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
I do enjoy working with Ryan although he owes me money.
Every nation, like every individual, would like to believe it owes 'no apology' to anyone. Adults realise, however, that few among us are purely innocent or utterly blameless.
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.
