David Moyes Quotes

The first thing you've got to remember is that it's your clients' money you're spending.

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.

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

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

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

Adhering to budgeting rules shouldn't trump good decision-making.

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

Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.

Budgeting is inherently complex.

You want to harbor your resources and try not to make a mistake.

The Pentagon should use data to guide financial decision-making.

I think, in every situation, it's important to find the right balance. If you have to spend money, try and spend that money in the right way to take players with the right characteristics for your idea of football.

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.

The more people's money you take to do something, the more inputs you get.

When you're a younger company, you struggle, struggle, struggle with, 'How are we going to pay the bills, and how are we going to hire people, and how are we going to get a bigger office?' Just managing the company is so hard.

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?

America is a business. If you can't afford to do something, no matter how much bellyaching everybody does... I'm so sorry, if you can't afford it, you shouldn't do it.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available.

I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.

I like to see how I can do it for less money.

Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.

Good household decision-making often relies on thinking about your household like a firm.