Quotes About Budgeting

Look, tithing doesn't make you broke. Living above your means (and spending your tithe) makes you broke.

You know, I've never really liked paying bills. I don't think I'm gonna do that, either.

In David Copperfield, Charles Dickens's character Wilkins Micawber pronounced a now-famous law: Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.

among married couples the person who actually makes out the mortgage check is likely to be more cautious about spending money than the person who doesn't. There is something sobering about sending away that much money every month in the knowledge that, rain or shine, you'll have to come up with the same amount of money the next month and the month after that.

is it really true that we can't afford one attack helicopter's worth of seed corn to listen to the stars?

I buy food and gasoline - that's it.

The key to a minimalist budget is looking for sacrifices within your current expenses to save money.

they were demons about cost. They enjoyed finding a bargain and were proud of getting good quality at a low price. They took great satisfaction in not paying extra for fancy packaging or marketing gimmicks. They were committed to keeping the weekly shopping bill as low as possible.

United States spends more on pet grooming than it does on fusion research.

Your expenses will always adjust to exceed your income.

and cleared, one week with another, about ten shillings:

When I was young, people lived from paycheck to paycheck. Today, it seems like they live from credit card payment to credit card payment.

When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.

New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.

Joining finances can be tricky. Money has long topped the list of topics couples fight about.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

One truism of federal budgeting is that growing deficits force difficult spending decisions, and when they do, programs to help the poor are usually first on the chopping block.

The holidays are also a time when people freak out about their finances. If you don't want to spend the money, why not try some of the other options instead of killing a bunch of animals?

Often, people who want to make interesting films simply don't have the money to do it.

Most people think that when it's time to buy a car, they should immediately go to the dealerships to find what they want. In reality, there's a lot of planning that should be done first.

I find ways to make things affordable. If the kids want the looks, they can be able to go afford it.

If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.

If I want to travel with my family I have to purchase 7 airline tickets.

I think caring too much about the economics starts affecting the creative aspect of the film. That is a dangerous process for a filmmaker. He should make his film without having to worry about how much it has cost or how much it will be sold for.