Michael Lindsay-Hogg Quotes

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

It hath been observed in the nature of Arithmetick, that like other parts of the Mathematicks, it doth not only improve the Rational Faculties, but inclines those that are expert in it to thrifiness and good Husbandry, and prevents both Husbands and Wives in some measure from running out of their Estates, when they have it always ready in their Heads what their expences do amount to, and how soon by that course their ruine must overtake them.

When we do deals, it's not, 'Ah, it's a million bucks, who cares?' The penny means something.

You can be someone running...who is just a soaring leader of people. But if you don't have the finances down, you're going to have a problem.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.

The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

I've always been sensible with my money. I can't say I'm a business genius.

I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

Spending money is much more difficult than making money.

Don't be buying out of emotion. Buy less if you love something but feel it's a risky item. We don't want overstock. And remember: No profit, no fun!

The idea of recklessly spending money - even though it sounds like it's lots of fun, it's fashion - isn't interesting to me. It is a business.

All of us in Canada have to be better at making a dollar count, because we have fewer dollars.

My mom laid the foundation that in order for you to be successful, you have to take care of the books first. That's one thing she preached about, because at any point, other stuff can be taken away.

I spend a lot of money on the little things that make me happy, like 3 falafels from M&S to eat on the train on the way up to Edinburgh, but I do keep a close eye on the bigger picture. I don't flash the cash ridiculously on expensive things.

I've always been quite conscious of it, though I don't know why. I would never overspend, and I have to know exactly what I've got so that I avoid going into overdraft. I watch my pennies, and I'm quite thrifty.

More generally, I strongly believe in the importance of fiscal responsibility.

Borrowing for expansion is one thing; borrowing to make up for mismanagement and waste is quite another.

Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to [money management]; for. ... want of attention to pecuniary matters ... has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.

I always encourage our people and young business people that I meet to have a respect for cash, keeping some in their pockets and purses at all times. To me, that's essential.

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.