Benjamin Franklin Quotes

We have to make debt evil.

I must say, I hate money. But it's the lack of it I hate most.

I was never completely destitute. I think I borrowed money once off a friend, but I've always been quite careful with my money, having come from not much of it.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.

You and I can be busy, and we take a vacation from work. You can't take a break from being poor. You can't say, 'Hey I've had enough of worrying about money, I'm just going to be rich for a couple of weeks until I've recovered.'

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

Growing up, I didn't know anything about money other than we didn't have any.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

I was broke until I was 40. Really broke. I could get by, but I had nothing.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

Now we've got lots of freedom and no money.

Everyone is trying to make ends meet, and even if you aren't, no one wants to get ripped off.

Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.

We were under a lot of financial pressure when I was growing up.

I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.

Pressure is a man that is wondering how he's going to feed his five kids today.