Laurence D. Fink Quotes

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands.

I've never really seen other people spend other people's money wisely.

If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

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.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift.

That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.

But if I had to do it, handle money, then I think I could be responsible, yes.

I have a business manager and a book-keeper who deals with our household bills. My husband and I sit down with her for a weekly report on how much money is going out, but I'm not terribly interested, and I don't have the patience for it.

The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.

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

I've made a payroll. I know what it's like to execute a business plan. I know what it's like to expect the proper return on investment... and I know you can't spend your way out of debt.

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.

Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.

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.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.

The worst thing people ever say is that 'I can't afford to have kids!' It's selfish, and what infuriates me is when people say they can't do stuff they like go on holidays and buy cars when they have kids. You can - you find the money, you've just got to work harder for it.

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.

I don't have more money. I won't have more money than any of the candidates, even the Republican candidates. We know that already. But we are building this campaign team like I would build a business. And that is, we are building it so far with no debt.

No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.