Quotes About Budgeting

My brother calls me penny wise, pound foolish.

The less you have to think about how to spend every dollar, the more likely you are to spend wisely.

I have learned to spend money wisely.

There have been movies like 'Paranormal Activity' or 'Blair Witch Project' in Hollywood that showed you could do movies with little or no money. It doesn't prevent them from creating larger than life spectacles as well.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.

When we cut the price for bananas by 1 ruble, we sell 100 tons a day more... There are people who live within their budget.

In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.

One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing.

Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.

I had no clue about taxes at all. I didn't know they hit your paycheck. There's something that you've always got to put money away for. I didn't know you've got to put money away for it, even though it's coming out your own money. It's like, 'What the heck?'

I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

Campaigns are so much more expensive than people think they are. Just to keep the lights on is several thousand dollars a month.

Whether you're managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a government of several hundred million, there's no more important statement of fiscal intent you can make than putting together a responsible budget - one that acknowledges its available means, and makes a reasonable attempt to live within them.

Welcome to the wonderful world of economics. Everything precious in life has a cost.

Travel is educational it teaches you how to get rid of money in a hurry.

since his paycheck barely sustained him. As he wryly observed, "the last twenty-nine days of the month were the hardest.

Time was when the average person could pay as he goes. Nowadays he has to pay as he comes and goes.

The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.

Save money on the big, boring stuff so that you have something left over for life's little pleasures.

I very rarely shop. The only money I spend is on, like, Uber and food.

I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.

You'll get the biggest bang for each buck by paying off the highest interest rate debt in your portfolio first, while making minimum payments on the remainder. It's called the avalanche method, and it gets you out of debt cheapest and fastest.

Always have a plan when you shop. Have your list ready so that you know who you're purchasing gifts for and an estimate on how much you're going to spend.