Mike Ditka Quotes

I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.

Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.

John D. Rockefeller apparently became more of a tightwad the richer he got. I don't know if it is true, but one story I read was about one of his sons having to wear his older sister's clothes in order to save money.

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it.

Posh is a way of living that can often be quite miserly and not about money.

Here's my gift-giving rule: Respect your current financial situation.

I tend to be pretty conservative in the way I spend money.

Don't spend money on extravagant things like cars and big vacations. Spend it on things that are really fun.

I was very cheap - that's the way I'd always worked.

wise economy … is as far removed from parsimony as from corrupt and corrupting extravagance.

I am quite stingy when it comes to giving runs away.

I don't really shop a lot, just cause I'd rather not spend my money on clothes.

Old habits die hard. I don't like spending money willy-nilly.

I don't like spending money.

I'm actually pretty frugal with my money.

Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes.

When you're working, you're flying on someone else's buck. When you're flying on your own, you sort of go, 'You know what, I'd rather keep the dosh in my pocket to spend when I get there.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

I'm not stingy. I'm just afraid of being an easy mark. People wouldn't have money long if they didn't ask how much things cost.

Feelings about money -- saving and spending, holding back and letting go -- start very early in our lives. Stingy people have often been forced to give when they were very, very young, when they weren't ready. And generous people have often been really appreciated when they were very young.

I'm going to teach you to HATE spending money.

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful

To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.

I'm not careful with my money at all these days. I buy people a lot of dinners!