Ethel Merman Quotes

I like banks because they keep my money safe, but I don't want to talk about banks 12 times a year.

A Bank in Human Form.

Commercial banks are very good for certain businesses, like loans and guarding other people's money. They're not great investors or entrepreneurs.

The cost of money rises dramatically if you can't afford to keep it in a bank.

Banks are kinda cool, you put some money in there. It should be kinda vaguely sexy, but it's not.

Thirty to 40 years ago, most financial decisions were fairly simple.

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

I established my bank in 1988.

I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one single envelope from the bank - they freak me out.

He that is rich is wise.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

My business life is really simple. It's like, get check. Put check in bank. Pay rent. I've never bought a stock in my life. I never got caught up in that trip. And the truth is, I don't obsess about money ever.

The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.

When you have a lot of money, there's so many places you can go to manage your money. But when you don't have money, mathematically you actually need a financial plan more. You can't really afford to make mistakes. So why is this such a luxury product?

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!

I came from a family in Texas who simply never spoke about money.

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said.

I try to use my debit card rather than a credit card, but I will use a credit card for big purchases because I bank with Coutts and I get points.

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes.

I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field.

Well, isn't every successful person in every family the bankbook?