Patricia Dehmer Quotes

In the private sector, you have a budget and you stick to it.

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?

A behemoth budget does not mean there is much discretion in allocating it.

And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock.

Budgets are blueprints and priorities.

Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.

Cost reduction and cost control are by their very nature sort of anti-social activities.

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.

If a manager can't control his costs, fire them.

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Whether you're managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a government of several hundred million, there's no more important statement of fiscal intent you can make than putting together a responsible budget - one that acknowledges its available means, and makes a reasonable attempt to live within them.

Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.

Budgets are not bottomless pits.

Budgeting is inherently complex.

A budget must be more than a ledger sheet. It should have a heart and serve as a blueprint for a better quality of life for all residents.

If you don’t balance your budget in business, you go out of business.

Show me your budget and I’ll describe your strategy.

Budgets are matters of priority and prioritizing. It's a high priority.

Sometimes you have to make tough decisions to hold the line on spending.

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

I always cooperate to complete a film within the budget. Not a single film of mine has overshot its budget.

Be really good with budgets because they keep getting smaller.

Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted.

When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.