Suze Orman Quotes

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

Who would you want to be giving you advice? Somebody who doesn't have any money?

When a man makes a specialty of knowing how some other fellow ought to spend his money, he usually thinks in millions and works for hundreds.

We're providing planning to a huge audience who's never had access to financial planners before. This was always my plan for LearnVest. It was in my very first pitch deck.

I was a writer for 'New York' magazine. I had been to business school, but what did I know? Still, everybody from the receptionists on up to the editor would ask me what they should do with their money.

My parents manage my money, though growing up I was very hands on with investments and made all the decisions, even on behalf of my parents.

Rich people take advice from people who are richer than they are. Poor people take advice from their friends, who are just as broke as they are.

As a young kid, I wasn't really interested at that stage - getting financial advice was far from my mind. I was focused on playing football. But I got onboard with this financial adviser and I heeded his advice, and that was my smartest money decision.

A good financial planner is going to do more than pick your funds.

I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.

Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.

No matter how much money you have, you can lose it.

Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

My parents were the traditional Filipino parents who didn't talk about money around the dinner table.

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.

You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.

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

It's fine to seek professional help, but I urge everyone - no matter how big their portfolio - to truly understand every suggestion they're given before acting.

My mom taught me not to talk about money.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.

Financial advice needs to change according to what is happening in the economy.

I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.