Tamara Ecclestone Quotes

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.

I find money some way or other goes very fast. But I think I can reflect it has been spent with satisfaction and to my own honour.

I'm a bit of a shopaholic. I've been working in the Bollywood film industry since I was 17, and I have always been financially independent, but I think I would be useless looking after my own money.

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

If I could only have cash, I know that I would spend very little.

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.

My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn't have spent money.

If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.

My mom taught me not to talk about money.

Show your kids that needs and wants are two different things. The best way to teach our kids to be smart consumers - and savvy savers - is to model good behavior for them.

You have to teach children about money intentionally - create teachable moments.

If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.

I've got my eye on a few things to spend my money on. I've got my own bank card but I am really good with money. I don't spend too much at all.

It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

You know for years, I've heard financial experts stress the importance of teaching your kids about money, but it wasn't until I saw my own son's perspective change that I became a true believer.

Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.

We were spoiled in many ways, but we were always taught to understand the value of the dollar. If there was something we wanted, we had to earn it. Even in college, we were very fiscally responsible. I had 300 bucks a month; anything I wanted beyond that, I had to work for.

You know Bad News, 'The Young Ones?' I learned not to spend a buttload of money on a sixth member.

Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have on things we do not need?