Simon Cowell Quotes

Every year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent.

I am a big believer that orderliness begets wealth. A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out. When you consciously open, read, and file away your bills and statements, you are connecting with your money and taking control of your life.

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

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.

Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.

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

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.

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

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

You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.

I live a good life but a pretty simply life. I just store all my money under my mattress. My wife and I travel, and I bought my dream car, the Cobra.

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

To this day, I still haven't touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money. I live off my marketing money and haven't blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry, or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school.

I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell.

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 am pro live below your means.

I don't know if this sounds bad, but I am set. I don't spend my money. I don't buy cars or have an expensive drug habit. The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house.

You see, we need instruction on how to possess money without being possessed by money. We need help to learn how to own things without treasuring them. We need the discipline that will allow us to live simply while managing great wealth and power.

Money is a big part of your life, and when you learn how to get your finances under control, all areas of your life will soar.

You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'

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

I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that.

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've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.

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.'