Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

Whenever I did have a lot of money, I got in trouble.

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

Mom was always worrying about the rent.

When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.

When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.

For the vast majority of Americans who work hard and play by the rules, paying the bills may be hard some months, but it's something we always do.

I had my electricity turned off three times because I never had time to pay my bills. It was a joke. I'm making a ton of money, and I'm walking around my apartment with flashlights.

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.

I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.

Awards do not pay the mortgage.

I just felt like I couldn't deal with the everyday responsibilities of life, paying bills and all of that. I'm terrible at all of that. So I knew I had to make enough money to pay someone else to deal with all of that.

I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble.

When you have a kid, money matters.

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

I make money because I have to pay for everything apart from my school fees. My mother even makes me pay my own telephone bill.

The last thing family and friends want is for you to spend money on them that you don't have or that you can't really spare.

Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

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

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.