Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.

Whatever you have, spend less.

I live way below my means.

My philosophy is to live below your means.

I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell.

I am pro live below your means.

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.

Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Spend not on hopes.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money. I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry, or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school.

The most important thing is to not waste your money.

Frugality, when all is spent, comes too late.

When it comes to an everyday situation, I am like an ant. I keep putting money aside because I know that if I want to splurge, there is a big mountain of money that I can use.

I don't spoil myself on extravagant cars or spending money on jewelry. So I save a lot of the money I have.

I spend a lot of money on the little things that make me happy, like 3 falafels from M&S to eat on the train on the way up to Edinburgh, but I do keep a close eye on the bigger picture. I don't flash the cash ridiculously on expensive things.

I don't overspend. I believe in always living within my means.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

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.

I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.

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.

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