Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

I have no proper money to invest!

I live like most of the people in my district: paycheck to paycheck.

Economic security can feel like an impossible goal when you're living paycheck to paycheck, deciding between paying the light bill or the water bill, knowing the decision to pay either one may mean you can't put food on the table.

People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don't want to turn on the TV and say, 'What is this crap?'

I can only spend $140 a month in here. I'm saving, like, $10,000 a day.

I have never had the money to make too many large purchases.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

I can only pay my electric bill for my last two years on my acting.

I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

I need to make money. If I don't, I cannot survive.

I don't make any money.

There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.

The Fox News cable channel is doing very well because there is a market for what Fox News has to offer.

These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.

We have hardly enough money to last till the end of March.

The less money you have, the less inclined you feel to spend it on wholesome food.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

I remember the early days when every month I had to decide whether I should continue to lease a typewriter or if I could finally afford to buy it. Yes, that $12 a month really made a difference in our budget.

Perhaps the original layaway angel knew from experience, or simply deduced, that people resorting to the old-fashioned installment method of layaway may be struggling financially.

Please, let's talk to American families and sit around the dinner table at night figuring how to pay their bills.

When I was at art college, a can of Spray Mount adhesive cost £12: £2 more than my weekly food bill.

I'm saving money like there's no tomorrow because, when I was at Juilliard, I had so little. They gave me a full scholarship because I didn't come from a wealthy family or anything.

If I can't afford a house, or afford to keep it, I don't want to have it.