Mary McCarthy Quotes

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it.

My advice is to treat [credit cards] like what they are: little plastic grenades that must be handled very carefully.

As an old junk pusher told me, 'Watch whose money you pick up.'

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

I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.

I'm very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, 'Oh, I went out and bought something and didn't realise how much it was,' but there's no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.

Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

I've always had an aversion to debt.

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.

The maxim of buying nothing without the money in our pocket to pay for it, would make our country one of the happiest upon earth.

I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.

I'm not a fool with my money. I've known what it's like to be poor and I don't splash it around stupidly.

Today, there's no excuse for not learning how to get our financial houses in order. Some of us close our eyes, take a deep breath and say a prayer when it comes to managing our finances.

I was never stupid with my money, because I grew up without it. So when I started to make some, I was like, 'Okay, first rule of thumb, I'm not buying it unless I've got the money to buy it,' so I have no debt.

I don't overspend. I believe in always living within my means.

Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.

You must be sure - and I mean absolutely positive - that you have the willpower to pay off those credit cards and not use them again.

By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.

Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.