Quotes About Savings

The function of a financial system is to channel money from people who have it but want to save it to people who don't have it but want to spend it. ... In Ireland, as in most European countries, the banking system is the most important conduit for channelling money from savers to investors.

To put this in perspective, if you cooked these three meals at home instead of going out to eat, you'd save yourself, on average, 2,381 calories and 6,724 mg sodium over the course of just three nights.

In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners and the middle class has often led to social revolution, sometimes violent upheavals.

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

Cheapness is a great virtue.

I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.

Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.

Look at last week's schedule. How much of your time did you devote to regular, disciplined activities? Did you do anything to grow and improve yourself professionally? Did you engage in activities promoting good health? Did you dedicate part of your income to savings or investments? If you've been putting off those things, telling yourself that you'll do them later, you may need to work on your self-discipline.

I saved a bunch of money on Valentines Day by switching to...single.

Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.

I like to see how I can do it for less money.

The most effective thing we can do is to limit spending.

There's a great lack of financial literacy and understanding in this nation, even among college-educated people.

Learn how to make your own weaves. It will help you save a lot of money in the long run!

I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.

I'm not one of the guys that didn't know how to manage my money.

your product will help save your customer time or money, you want to say so. Avoid elusive language like "fulfilling" or "satisfied" and instead use specific language like "you'll save time this summer" or "your lawn will make your neighbors jealous.

Therefore, anticipate cheapness.

But life is not like that. You are not an airline. You can't remove a single olive from every salad served in first class and save one point two million dollars.

The waste of money cures itself, for soon there is no more to waste.

Three simple rules - pay less, diversify more and be contrarian - will serve almost everyone well.

Je suggère que tu mettes de côté une partie des sommes que tu investis à fonds perdus dans l'industrie des boissons alcooliques.

We think people can spend 35–40 years working and saving, then stop working and go on for another 20–30–40 years at the same comfort level – but with a growing percentage of retirees and a shrinking number of workers paying into the system. I'm sorry, but that's magical thinking.

Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.