Lillian Gordy Carter Quotes

I do love Louboutin shoes, but I need to stop buying them because I don't go to many 'dos,' so they just line up. I'm normally in my trainers.

We are going to put "thrift" back in the dictionary.

Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the practice of accumulation.

I think when you turn 50 you get a little melancholic in a way.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.

I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.

When you are young, do not get involved in steady dating. When you reach an age where you think of marriage, then is the time to become so involved.

Whatever you have, spend less.

I think the older you get, the more lax you get, and the less romantic you are.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.

I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult, and I think what happens with most guys is that no one wants to be an adult anymore. So they're dressing like kids.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

When you get to be 23, 24 or 25, you start to freeze up and become an adult.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

I was a late starter on the romantic front. I didn't start dating until I was in my 30s.

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

I don't want to go into a marriage just because of my age - too many people make that mistake. But of course I'd like to be married one day - I dream of having children because I adore kids so, so much.

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.

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July.

Frugality is a great revenue.