Ranulph Fiennes Quotes

People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don't want to turn on the TV and say, 'What is this crap?'

And as you point out, for American families who struggle every day to figure out how do they pay, we talk about gasoline prices. That throws budgets into a real problem when you have budgeted really tight.

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?'

There's something very soothing about the simplicity of doing what's right in front of you: paying the rent, buying groceries, and when there's a little extra for a treat like cinnamon rolls, whoopee! When you live paycheck to paycheck, you only have so much to lose.

I have to tell you, I live paycheck to paycheck like most Americans. It's very difficult for me to say, 'Hey, I can give up my paycheck,' because the reality is, I have financial obligations that I have to meet on a month-to-month basis that doesn't make it possible for me.

I live like most of the people in my district: paycheck to paycheck.

I don't make any money.

I just want to be able to keep my house and pay for my son's school tuition in Los Angeles.

There was this conflict within me because so many people would come up to me to ask for prayers for all sorts of things, and 50% would be about money like, 'How can I pay for the tuition fee of my kids?' And I could only pray for them. I had no advice to give them because I didn't know anything about money.

In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.

I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.

At the start, you don't earn a great deal, so you have to work other jobs if you want to play football. When I was at Doncaster, I couldn't solely do football. I had to work; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to live.

Nobody likes being broke. As somebody who's had to live out of a 1982 Datsun, trust me. I know. I also understand that the first step to improve your situation is to fix the problem that landed you there in the first place.

When I was growing up, my parents put money into food, utility bills, and the mortgage.

Please, let's talk to American families and sit around the dinner table at night figuring how to pay their bills.

My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.

I did loads of jobs all the way through college, just for a bit of money in my pocket. There were some tough jobs, but I was lucky enough I enjoyed doing them. It was okay.

Mum didn't have shoes. She was the eldest of 10 kids, and some nights they went without food. That's why, from a young age, I wanted to work hard and change that cycle, to provide not only for my parents but my siblings, too.

If I can't afford a house, or afford to keep it, I don't want to have it.

The majority of NBA players' upbringing, there's not much financial education.

I have an allowance for clothes and stuff.

Money is a resource for me and it is needed to make music.

When I was growing up, my parents would apologize when we didn't have enough money for something. I'd always tell them that it was O.K. and that I had learned to work hard because of them.

I watched my own father, he went bankrupt and had problems with the IRS. He was living beyond his means, and I guess I was doing the same thing and not even realizing it.

As long as I can have enough to make the record and pay the mortgage, those were always the two things that were most important to me.