Quotes About Finance

We do recognise that there are areas where the current financial services market, the banking market, just isn't working for chunks of the British economy.

I don't totally buy or believe the paradigm that's constantly presented to us and the financial news is obsessed with, which is growth. There seems to be this paradigm which is: There has to be growth. I'm watching it and thinking, am I the only one who recognises this is a small planet isolated in a gigantic universe? Where are we growing to?

There's broad recognition that you really have to put the money where people are going to self-manage.

Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means. We have passed appropriations bills that have been fiscally responsible while recognizing our national priorities.

Most people don't reconcile their bank accounts.

The amount of money currently in your bank account is a fact. The amount you spend today is a choice. And the way you reconcile both is through clarity.

I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run.

When the record company pays you an advance, it is just that - an advance. And it's at worse rates than any bank would charge you to pay them back.

We're not making records for the fun of it; we're in it to make money.

I think you'll do as well as most professionals. Most professionals don't beat the market. Let's not over-rate my industry. But if you have time, you can be in good mutual funds that have good records.

I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.

Our economy isn't going to recover until the housing market finds its footing.

Without public investment, without families spending, without cheap credit, the economy won't recover.

I might make an investment and lose some money, but that's something I can recover from.

I have been working on one film at a time. One film recovers a little cost and that helps me move on to the next one.

I have been making films for 25 years now and I am not mad to invest in something from where recovery becomes an issue.

Let's eliminate the income tax, which is one huge speed bump to long-term economic growth and recovery.

A government subsidized economic recovery, is not an economic recovery - it's an entitlement state.

A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

We should redefine the metric for effective lending, viz., prioritise loans to enterprises, which will generate more employment.

In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.

Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.