Rohini Nilekani Quotes

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds. Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.

If I find out where every dollar goes, and how it is used, I shall understand the apparatus thoroughly.

A budget must be more than a ledger sheet. It should have a heart and serve as a blueprint for a better quality of life for all residents.

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

In any business, you get your numbers together before you go out and do the work.

How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I do. But someone has to add up the figures. Every business has to do it, every housewife has to do it, [and] every government should do it.

Your campaign shouldn't just die the day you spend your last cent.

Make your film for the least amount you can.

I actually studied accounting in college. So I'm a CPA.

People understand that they can spend their money better than the government can.

The best way of ensuring that we get what we need is by demonstrating we have a clear plan, we are thinking strategically and ensuring every pound of taxpayer's money is spent wisely and my focus is ensuring we do that.

When you keep things responsible and manageable, you can make some interesting movies that you maybe couldn't make otherwise.

It is the daydreaming of some people who live in a make-believe world who think you can make roads, hospitals, and railways without any social impact!

If you start spending big money, what you're ultimately judged on is how your buys perform.

The most effective thing we can do is to limit spending.

There simply isn't a way to do the show without investing in a bunch more companies.

In football, you can do well even without spending huge amounts.

I was getting a degree in accounting, and I was going to go off and account. And as it worked out, I haven't accounted for anything since.

We're so used to financing things on our own that we always have a plan in place to sort of scale our ideas.

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

The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is.

Borrowing for expansion is one thing; borrowing to make up for mismanagement and waste is quite another.

Those who earn money know best how to spend it.

It isn't as much you a spending problem as a priorities, and that is what the budget is, setting priorities. It's about timing. And it's about timing as to when make cuts, as well.

Governments have budgets but no money, companies have money but no budgets.