Maeve Binchy Quotes

I haven't gone hillbilly rich, where you spend everything you have.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

If I make $30,000 a month, I'll spend $29,999. I tell friends, 'Oh, you need money to go to college?' I'm a little crazy, but the backwash is heaven.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

I do not think that you can spend yourself rich.

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

You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.

I'm not looking to get rich.

I don't need to amass a ton of wealth for myself.

I used to, in the summertime, spend so much money doing a lot of fun stuff. Now, I'm actually consciously trying to save so we can live how we want to live after basketball. I've even sold a few things.

I don't spend my life making money to spend tomorrow, or to acquire possessions.

If you save your money right, you can have what you want.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

By the time I was 25 or 26, I would have earned a million, but if you looked in the bank account, it's not there because I've spent it. That's what it's there for. I don't want to be the richest bloke in the graveyard. Look at Elvis.

I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.