Quotes About Budgeting

You can cut the fat from your spending: Stop taking taxis, call your cable company and ask for the same deal new subscribers get, have dinner at home and then a drink out instead of a $100 meal with wine.

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

As long as we live beyond our means we are destined to live beneath our means.

Government does not tax to get the money it needs; government always finds a need for the money it gets

People who can manage their time can also manage their money. After all, managing minutes and managing money is the same exact principle.

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

The only way to save money is not to spend it.

A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

Write down everything you spend. The waste in your daily spending should soon become apparent.

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

After 'Maryada Ramanna,' I wanted to make a quick film on a shoestring budget.

Consumers, when they've only got a couple of quid left in their pockets, are choosy about how they want to spend it.

Actually if you were to buy a bag of dried lentils it would cost you a couple of quid. Some people don't have that to spend in the first place. And not everyone wants to eat lentils.

When you are already eating as cheaply and meagerly as possible, any raise in cost can quickly plunge you and your family into hunger.

Growing your own garden is way less expensive than going out shopping and eating.

There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.

I buy food and gasoline - that's it.

I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But I'm a glass half-full kind of guy.

The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.

A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and it's not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make.

A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.

I did this very cheap movie called 'Love,' and then I decided I wanted to make an even cheaper movie so people don't get involved and can't tell you how to rewrite it or how to avoid losing money. The good thing about doing these quite cheap movies is that you have much more freedom.

If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.

My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.