Busy Philipps Quotes

My dad wouldn't buy me tight pants. I had to get my own money to buy them.

I don't waste money on smart, expensive clothes.

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.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.

I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.

Don't spend money on extravagant things like cars and big vacations. Spend it on things that are really fun.

If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.

I like to help women to spend not a lot of money - to feel powerful, elegant, glamorous, to feel good about themselves.

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

I'm more straightforward, and I speak up more than I did before. When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

Since I've become a mom, I'm more about comfort and simplicity. I'm essentially a jeans girl, and I dress them up or down with accessories.

I tend to be pretty conservative in the way I spend money.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

Sometimes I do envision just being a stay at home mom but not working isn't an option for me currently.

I've always been sensible with my money. I can't say I'm a business genius.

My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.

But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle.

Every time I am tempted to buy some dopey thing, I hear my late father's voice: 'Do you really need that?' He was big on saving money and buying as much security as possible. He also encouraged charitable giving. So, I am responsible with currency.

I've done pretty well in my career, and I've watched colleagues who have spent most of the paychecks they receive on shoes and cars rather than bricks and mortar, and that's not me.

When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.

A budget is simply telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.