Dick Cavett Quotes

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.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

I'm not interested in wasting money on a project.

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

What is OK is to spend money for productivity. What is not OK is just to light money on fire.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

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

There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

My accountant worships me because I'm so cautious with my money.

Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

The bottom line is, I hear my donors, I hear our base out there, I hear the leadership. And we're taking steps to make sure that we're even more - how shall we say it - fiscally conservative in our spending and certainly making sure the dollars are there when it's time to run our campaigns.

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

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

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

In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in every Super Tuesday state the day after South Dakota. The only problem was I didn't have enough money. I had a million dollars left, and Al Gore had three and Michael Dukakis had three and it was lights out.

The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

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

If we want to be cost-conscious, we should do it, not just talk about how cost-conscious we are.

You have a burden going into any campaign when you're raising money to fund that effort because there's always a desire to spend more money than you have.

All of us in Canada have to be better at making a dollar count, because we have fewer dollars.

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.

He that, when he should not, spends too much, shall, when he would not, have too little to spend.

Economy is half the battle in life, but it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.