Quotes About Budgeting

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.

Put your financial life on autopilot as a form of 'forced' saving.

Mere parsimony is not economy…. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.

It'll be a great day when education gets all the money it wants and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy bombers.

No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.

Fiscal prudence is very important.

You just have to keep at it and budget yourself; be prudent. It's art, so you really don't go into it to make a zillion dollars, but there's definitely bills to pay, and I want everyone in the band to have a salary and whatever they need.

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.

I have never had the money to make too many large purchases.

There are lots of families who - who make irresponsible purchases. There are also a lot of families who have debt on credit cards because they use those credit cards to pay for medical bills.

I built my first flat. I had to, I was going to run out of money badly.

All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars.

What's the point of creating a budget if it's not possible to follow through?

We went to a conference to learn how to get out of debt and we did it and it is really freeing.

My mother worked in a school canteen - then worked in the canteen of a chicken factory. Every Friday, the pay packet money would be allocated to cover bills.

To a certain extent, I have to be the president's bad cop from time to time. I have to look people in the eye and tell them, 'No, we don't have enough money for that.' That is not a very popular thing to do in Washington.

In real life, I'm frugal. And, yes, I do love to shop at Marshall's.

I'm so frugal, you wouldn't believe it.

I'm still a very frugal person. But everything that does get spent is a reinvestment into my own music.

I've been really frugal with money since way back, so I can't buy something if it's too expensive. I'm not that brave.

I'm actually pretty frugal with my money.

I am not frugal - I'm quite a big spender - but not on credit.

Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time.

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.