Milton Berle Quotes

By definition, saving - for anything - requires us to not get things now so that we can get bigger ones later. That's hard. Our brains are hard wired to prefer the here and now.

I prefer buying things and figuring out where to put them later than regretting not buying them.

We buy too much stuff we just don't need. We're trying to look cute for next weekend when we ought to be thinking about the next decade.

The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.

I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

My mum says, 'Go with your first instinct,' but this can lead to impulse buying!

I used to buy nice clothes and drive a nice car when I couldn't afford it. But I spent all my money doing it, and now I don't have to. I like nice things. I like to travel in a certain style. I like to live in a nice place.

I have very, very low expenditures, but still I manage to spend it all. I guess Hot Pockets are more expensive than I thought.

There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.

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

In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.

Everybody loves to spend money at least some of the time - because everybody loves the stuff you can buy with it. The key to the pleasure level of any transaction is the balance between the pain of the payment and the reward of the purchased object.

I don't want to tell you what to buy. I just want to help you think about why you're buying it.

On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years.

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

Now most of 'Alice' isn't really a political social commentary, but I think a big message is here is that the culture we're involved in is fascinated with very quick fixes and instant gratification.

I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want.

The easier things are to buy, the more we consume.

I love to spend money.

Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.

In my case, my size is so small that if I want it but don't buy it, I might miss the opportunity.

I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.