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Quotes About Spending

I can't imagine being in a tour bus. It would be nice, but I think it costs $30,000 a week to rent. And I can't imagine spending what many people make in a year on a vehicle for one week.
~ Lucy Dacus
The world needs another vehicle to get people to pay in cash.
~ Suze Orman
Household spending growth has been particularly solid in 2015, with purchases of new motor vehicles especially strong. Job growth has bolstered household income, and lower energy prices have left consumers with more to spend on other goods and services.
~ Janet Yellen
Most people hoard their money - just keep it in the bank. Bitcoin will really take off when people start spending it, creating a velocity of money.
~ Adam Draper
I look at my own reservation, the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota - on my reservation, one quarter of our money is spent on energy. All of that money basically goes to off-reservation vendors whether it is for electricity, or whether it is for fuel.
~ Winona LaDuke
Whether you're dealing with a recent breakup, a fallout with family, or a failed business venture, be aware that your emotions could affect your spending habits. Uncomfortable emotions can increase the chances that you'll behave recklessly, which may have a negative impact on your bank account.
~ Amy Morin
There's nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital. What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated.
~ Eric Ries
During the 2016 election cycle, Trump's campaign spent at least $791,000 to hold events at 12 Trump-branded venues: three hotels, seven golf courses, a condo building and Mar-a-Lago, federal campaign filings show.
~ David Fahrenthold
If President Obama is re-elected, he will continue to spend more money than we take in and to expand a debt that's already on the verge of being unsalvageable. That's a future that should frighten every American, no matter what their generation.
~ Kim Reynolds
I've made a commitment that state spending in Vermont won't grow any more than the rate of inflation plus population growth.
~ James Douglas
The only trust fund I have is this story, and unlike a prudent Wasp, I'm dipping into principal, spending it all...
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
The living room is a monument to my impulsive spending habits. I've got more than two hundred DVDs, including cinematic greats such as Monkey Bone, Corkey Romano, and A Night at the Roxbury, leading me to believe not only do I have awful taste in films, but I also have a Chris Kattan fixation. What I don't have is $4000 earing intrest in a money market account.
~ Jen Lancaster
So while the Instagram posts and reality shows are creating increased envy and stress around food, weight, and homes, that envy and stress leads us to spend more, feel worse, and put our financial security at risk
~ Jen Lancaster
Solitude demands a precise assessment of time, I've always understood this. It's like the money in your wallet: you have to know how much time you need to kill, how much to spend before dinner, what's left over before going to bed.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work!
~ Lou Barletta
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
~ Mark McKinnon
I'm not opposed to the idea of helping regions that are struggling to get a reasonable fraction of federal research spending.
~ Bill Foster
Both in the short-run and the long-run, college students, collectively, have enormous spending power.
~ Parker Conrad
If you look at the studies coming out of the Congressional Budget Office, the number one thing that's going to blow a hole in the deficit as we go forward 20, 30 years is government spending on healthcare.
~ Christina Romer
When you look at what you get in a cable subscription, it is a spectacular value. For $70 or $80 a month is what it would cost a family of four to go to the movies one time.
~ John Skipper
A tax cut would most certainly be my first choice rather than an increase in federal spending. Those who advocate that fail to see that spending not only continues in subsequent years, but it grows and grows.
~ William E. Simon
If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget.
~ Elizabeth Warren
In 2001, when the economy was strong, the country was able to absorb substantial deficit spending in the wake of September 11 without constricting the Federal Reserve's flexibility to ease interest rates.
~ Brian Deese
If you're flying everyone Business and First Class to meet customers, it's a pretty substantial expense, and none of that benefits customers.
~ Andy Jassy