Saving Money Quotes

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

I’m being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.

… a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy and all that stuff. It’s basically socialism and communism.

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

I made my money the old-fashioned way, I inherited it.

Valentine’s Day money-saving tips: Break up on February 13th, get back together on the 15th. In place of bubble bath, use lavender-scented dish-washing liquid. Forget rose petals. Sprinkle the bed with sliced beets!

At the end of the day, saving money is really about efficiency. You simplify your life, and its overall quality inevitably gets better.

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.

I don’t mind that I’m fat. You still get the same money.

The majority of people in this country, they live paycheck to paycheck. If we can, long-term, change that trend and make it so that investing and saving money, more broadly, is less of a chore and something that people actually want to do, that would be success to me.

Apple really has no presence in business, and we think Vista’s going to have a huge presence in business. We think we’re going to help the corporate IT stack save money.

Dating means doing a lot of fun things you will never do again if you get married. The fun stops with marriage because you’re trying to save money for when you split up your property.

Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.

An atheist chaplain would be the perfect vehicle for convincing wounded warriors that they should end their lives because there’s nothing in the future and there’s nothing now, so why not just save money and kill themselves.

Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

Every time I am tempted to buy some dopey thing, I hear my late father’s voice: ‘Do you really need that?’ He was big on saving money and buying as much security as possible. He also encouraged charitable giving. So, I am responsible with currency.

Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam’s not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money.

Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.

Listen, you don’t know any better so I’ll just tell you. You can’t try to save money by not having the right beer. You know, you can skip having medical insurance, you can buy everything you own at a swap meet but the right beer is what makes living like this possible.

You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out.

Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I’ve seen it happen.

Many novice real estate investors soon quit the profession and invest in a well-diversified portfolio of bonds. That’s because, when you invest in real estate, you often see a side of humanity that stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and saving money shelter you from.

I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.

Manute Bol is so skinny they save money on road trips. They just fax him from city to city.

Shortly after I met my mentor he asked me, ‘Mr. Rohn, how much money have you saved and invested over the last six years?’ And I said, ‘None.’ He then asked, ‘Who sold you on that plan?’

The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.

It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.

No complaint… is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.

Now that you’re Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we ought to have?

I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

Don’t build a glass house if you’re worried about saving money on heating.

Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money

Energy efficiency should be on the priority list for all home improvement work these days. Canny builders will be able to provide homeowners with energy efficient measures which help them to save money and the planet.

Letting men die is a money-saving device. Safety costs money as one safety official put it, ‘When everything is hurry, hurry, hurry, when you start pressuring people and taking shortcuts, things can go wrong. And then people die.’ No. And then men die.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don’t cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That’s going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.

Of course, in order to build something new, one has to economize, accumulate means, temporarily limit one’s requirements, borrow from others. If you want to build a new house,
you save money temporarily and limit your requirements, otherwise you might not build your house.

A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

No politician is ever benefited by saving money; it is spending it that makes him.

It’s actually great to shoot far away from Hollywood because we don’t have the distractions of the parties and premieres and all that. And, of course, you can save money – there are no good shoe stores.

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want – the want of money.

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

We’re going to go to the moon. We’re going to go on to Mars. We’re going to set up a base on the moon. OK, but no money to pay for it, nothing in the budget for it. And so the decision made at that time was to cancel the whole shuttle program to save money, which I think was very, very short sighted.

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

I don’t save money. Save is a four letter word! I like to borrow money because I can get richer faster on borrowed money. I have what is called retained earnings, so I don’t have to save money. If I need money, I will go out and borrow it.

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? Its simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the states budget around.

If you’re still doing what mommy and daddy said for you to do (go to school, get a job, and save money), you’re losing.

The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.

Buying cheap to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. Neither works.

I’d say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don’t go by me; I’m as bad a judge as I am a writer. Look, if it were all good, you’d be paying twice as much for this book.

We’ve got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Even now, hearing the debates about Medicaid, the suggestion that somehow we could save money by cutting Medicaid strikes a chord in me personally. It seems there are some other ways we can save money rather than making it harder for people like my aunt to get health care.

People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

It’s a terribly hard job to spend a billion dollars and get your money’s worth.

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.

Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Art for art’s sake, money for God’s sake.

Without market prices for capital goods, accounting is not possible. You don’t know if you are making money or losing money, saving resources or wasting them, doing the right thing or not doing the right thing.

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

The farmer’s way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months’ worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.

My brother is a tax guy, and the way I look at it, it’s like he’s spending his life saving money for rich people. So I think making strangers laugh, at least having a creative component to your profession, is more manageable for me. I can live with that a lot easier.

You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.

Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you’ve got

Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value.

Sooner or later, we sell out for money

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

For I can raise no money by vile means.

We turned the lights off to save money, so you can’t really see it. It’s the same show. Hopefully, there are lots of laughs and lots of great personal stuff, but it is explicitly a darker season [4 of Sherlock Holmes].

The people who are taking these loans because it’s the only way they can afford their house are exposing themselves to a lot of risk. They’re not saving money and they’re not building equity, which means they could find themselves in a scenario where they owe more money than their house is worth.

I’m saving money like there’s no tomorrow because, when I was at Juilliard, I had so little. They gave me a full scholarship because I didn’t come from a wealthy family or anything.

Old men are always advising young men to save money. That is bad advice. Don’t save every nickel. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar until I was forty years old.

A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

I think that much of the advice given to young men about saving money is wrong. I never saved a cent until I was forty years old. I invested in myself – in study, in mastering my tools, in preparation. Many a man who is putting a few dollars a week into the bank would do much better to put it into himself.

If I have enough money to eat I’m good.

During episodes of unemployment I find it rewarding to sleep as much as possible-anything from twelve to fourteen hours a day is a good starting point. Sleep spares you humiliation and saves money at the same time: nothing to eat, nothing to buy, just lie back and dream your life away.

Companies that put a mandated parental leave in place save money in the first year, FIRST YEAR. Because they don’t have to hire to replace the woman.

Focus on all four of your net worth factors: increasing your income, increasing your savings, increasing your investment returns, and decreasing your cost of living by simplifying your lifestyle.

The cost of a thing is what I call life which has to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

Obesity in children is growing out of control. A big part of this is economic. Fake foods are more affordable. It’s enticing people to eat more because they think they’re saving money when they’re really just buying heart disease.

Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.

Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don’t mean conservative in the good way, like we’re saving money. I mean very intolerant.

If saving money is wrong, I don’t want to be right!

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Money: power at its most liquid.

A woman’s best protection is a little money of her own.

Personally, I tend to worry about what I save, not what I spend.

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

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

If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.

We have been negotiating a lot of different transactions to save money on contracts that were terrible, including airplane contracts that were out of control and late and terrible. Just absolutely catastrophic in terms of what was happening, and we’ve done some really good work. We’re very proud of that.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

Feelings about money — saving and spending, holding back and letting go — start very early in our lives. Stingy people have often been forced to give when they were very, very young, when they weren’t ready. And generous people have often been really appreciated when they were very young.

The harder I work the more I live.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

Marrying into money was not a good thing for me.

You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Low prices at Walmart are a given. Customers almost take that for granted. But they also want to save time, and that goal is increasing in importance relative to just saving money.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Spending money you don’t have for things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like.

So many people of wealth understand much more about making and saving money than about using and enjoying it. They fail to live because they are always preparing to live.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact, there are innumerable people who have a wide choice between saving and giving their children the best possible opportunities. The decision is usually in favor of the children.

I’ve been on sets where the turnaround is so fast and the budget so small that the actors have been asked to speed things up and save money by changing in the public toilets. There’s no room for vanity at times like that. It’s the best way: get on with it!

Open source isn’t about saving money, it’s about doing more stuff, and getting incremental innovation with the finite budget you have.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn’t notice. I noticed when I got that bill. Whoa! It was so much less! I’m letting him keep it. I’m saving money!

Those who stop marketing to save money are like those who stop a clock to save time.

Each time you go to the grocery store with your kids, it is a potential learning opportunity. In order not to overemphasize materialism, focus on other things to do with money. In ‘Beyond the Lemonade Stand,’ I try to emphasize the importance of saving money, and of using it to help other people.

There is no surer method of economizing and saving money than in the reduction of the number of officials.

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

Valentine’s Day money-saving tip: Break up on February 13th, get back together on the 15th.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

I remember my mother and father arguing about light bulbs because my father thought he could save money by putting 25-watt bulbs instead of 60-watt bulbs and my mother was trying to explain to him that her children needed to learn to read so that they could go to college. He couldn’t see that.

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.

Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.

For good days one should save money, women should be protected even if it takes the money saved. But for self preservation the money and the women should be sacrificed!!

For an economic recovery program to be effective, it must not only create a short-term economic boost but also generate lasting value. Home Star would accomplish that by breaking down the key barrier between homeowners and money-saving retrofits: upfront costs.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

Not long ago, the term ‘business model’ was not exactly on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Then, in the early to mid-1990s, ‘business model’ became a catchphrase that described how a company makes money or saves money.

In fact, the bigger the bill, the less likely you are to spend it. If you want to really save money, spend only cash and carry only fifty-dollar bills.

The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It’s simple: to master money, you must manage money.

Customers want to explore. But they need to have easy access to items they choose to use all the time. The historic trade-off between price and service has been altered by technology and customers expect to save time and enjoy the experience while saving money.

Isn’t it a shame that future generations can’t be here to see all the wonderful things we’re doing with their money?

We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads toward a staggering addition to the national debt. “L.B.J.” should stand for Light Bulb Johnson.

I don’t spend much money on clothes; I never did.

The reason that so many of us cannot save money is because of our friends. They’re always buying something we can’t afford.

A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained. It requires some training, perhaps, to accomplish this economy, but when once used to it, you will find there is more satisfaction in rational saving than in irrational spending.

Dogs have no money. Isn’t that amazing? They’re broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? .. No Pockets.

If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Money is a mechanism for control.

Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait and count to forty. To save three quarters, count sixty. To save all, count sixty-five.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

People build continuity into their life: Places, friends and goals. We go to work on Monday with plans for Friday night, enroll as freshmen intending to be seniors and save money for retirement. We try to control what comes next and shape it to meet our will.

You can make money two ways – make more, or spend less.

It is a tragedy when the church saves money instead of saving souls. We MUST spend to save.

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It’s simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state’s budget around.

You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

People should take every opportunity they can to save money because it really adds up, and the best way I know to do that is to make your savings automatic.

I’ve made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.