Isaac Fulwood Jr. Quotes

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?

I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

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

Budget drives everything that we do.

Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.

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

You want all the money inside football. We do not have a bottomless pit of money. There are constraints. That's why some deals I have said no to because of the finances of them.

You can't compromise to keep the film in budget.

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.

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

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

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

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

Adhering to budgeting rules shouldn't trump good decision-making.

What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.'

I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.

The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively.

And one thing about Mick Jagger is he keeps his eye very closely on not only where the dollars go but where the pennies go.

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.

Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.

I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.

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

Frugality, when all is spent, comes too late.