John Caudwell Quotes

Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.

I'm very frugal, so I don't like to shop because I'm afraid everything is going away.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

I'm careful with money.

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

It's the intelligent thing to be frugal.

What you did was live on very little. I think all of us that were competing - Bill is the same way - you don't need much to live.

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Cheapness is a great virtue.

My parents were born in 1912; they graduated from college into the Depression. They kept notebooks of every nickel they spent, and these habits of frugality from having grown up so poor never left them.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

Frugality, when all is spent, comes too late.

Frugality is a great revenue.

I saved my money.

I save my money, brother. I don't spend what I don't make.

Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes.

I'm going to teach you to HATE spending money.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.

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.

Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.

My wife and I are really strange people. We never spend any money.