Barry B. Anderson Quotes

Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced.

Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

You spend a billion here and a billion there. Sooner of later it adds up to real money.

Budget drives everything that we do.

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.

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.

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?

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.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

I understand that finance can be very complex.

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds. Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.

The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.

You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.

There must be some flexibility in the budget. You cannot have too much discipline.

Budgets are not bottomless pits.

If I find out where every dollar goes, and how it is used, I shall understand the apparatus thoroughly.

Let us act with our eyes open. We are going to have a deficit next fiscal year and the year after that.

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

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

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

The Pentagon should use data to guide financial decision-making.

Fiscal prudence is very important.

I think if you have a big enough wallet you can solve anything but the key is to solve it with the least amount of expenditure.