John Lasseter Quotes

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.

I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.

I do love Louboutin shoes, but I need to stop buying them because I don't go to many 'dos,' so they just line up. I'm normally in my trainers.

I can't drive, so I don't need a flash car, and I like living at home, so I don't need a mansion. I'm sensible with money. It's not why I act.

In money, and in life, you are very often your own worst enemy. You promise yourself you're going to diet, then eat not one or two French fries but a whole plate. You decide to really commit to saving for retirement, only to wind up with a new pair of shoes in your closet.

I used to buy nice clothes and drive a nice car when I couldn't afford it. But I spent all my money doing it, and now I don't have to. I like nice things. I like to travel in a certain style. I like to live in a nice place.

Just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should buy it.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.

I don't shop as much as I find.

My philosophy is to live below your means.

I'm not a frugal person, but I find it difficult to be extravagant materially.

My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things.

I wouldn't deliberately go and buy something that one would categorise as an extravagant thing.

We live in a culture built on debt, so we are encouraged to have no self control.

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me.

By definition, saving - for anything - requires us to not get things now so that we can get bigger ones later. That's hard. Our brains are hard wired to prefer the here and now.

There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.

I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.

Overspending is as certain a part of the holiday season as overeating. But pushing away from both the table and the cash register at least a little bit sooner can make the post-holiday hangover hurt a little bit less.