Quotes About Spending

The tragedy for so many town councils is that they think they can quietly cut spending and no one will notice or care. The tragedy for the country may be that they are right. But

It's a funny thing about Americans, we love to bitch about paying too much for the things we really need and are really a bargain, like gas and postage stamps, but we willingly shell out outrageous amounts for unnecessary crap like gourmet coffee and soap to make your crotch smell good. Two dollars a gallon to go ten miles is too much, but five to the parking valet to go ten feet is okay.

If you want to get rich, focus on making, keeping, and investing your money. If you want to be poor, focus on spending your money.

More often than not, "spending" money you don't have comes from "expending" emotions you do have. This syndrome is commonly known as retail therapy. Overspending and the need for immediate gratification have little to do with the actual item you're buying, and everything to do with lack of fulfillment in your life.

Do you want some simple but extremely rare advice? Here it is: If you want to get rich, focus on making, keeping, and investing your money. If you want to get poor, focus on spending your money.

si quieres hacerte rico, céntrate en ganar, en conservar y en invertir tu dinero. Si quieres ser pobre, céntrate en gastarte el dinero.

Japan has the oldest population in the world, and the Japanese go to the doctor more than anybody—about fourteen office visits per year, compared with five for the average American. And yet Japan spends about $3,400 per person on health care each year; we burn through $7,400 per person.

We pour more money into national defense than anybody else; our defense budgets, in fact, are bigger than those in the next eleven countries combined

Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.

I've got my eye on a few things to spend my money on. I've got my own bank card but I am really good with money. I don't spend too much at all.

I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government should invest in public infrastructure.

Every dollar the government doesn't spend, tax, or borrow is a dollar that businesses and families can spend or invest themselves.

The conservative position that all spending is evil obliterates any distinction between investment and consumption, between the long-term and the short-term.

If I were to spend investor money on nice furnishings and so forth, particularly early on, I might not have it for opportunities that can really grow our business.

A federal government with enough money to buy iPads for local gym teachers is not a federal government that has been cut to the bone.

To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.

For me 'right sizing' requires that we get both the spending and revenue right. Focusing on one without the other would be irresponsible.

Washington Democrats see the IRS' overextended resources and automatically think the answer is to take and spend more of your tax dollars. I disagree.

Each year, we learn that customer service diminishes. You may argue it's because the IRS budget has been cut, but I'm going to argue that it's because the IRS chooses to spend its funds in other areas like the Affordable Care Act, bonuses, and conferences.

As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.

I don't actually know the most expensive thing I've ever bought. It would probably be a jacket, because I don't really spend that much on any other things.

I tend to splurge on fancy dresses because I always think I'll get a lot of wear out of them, but it's false logic. You should really spend more money on the things you wear every day, like jeans.

I'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that.

The borrow-spend-and-centralize agenda that has been so destructive to job creation elsewhere in America has been a gravy boat inside the Beltway.