Frank Carlucci Quotes

Budgets are not bottomless pits.

A behemoth budget does not mean there is much discretion in allocating it.

In the private sector, you have a budget and you stick to it.

You can't compromise to keep the film in budget.

The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.

We're going to have to control the spending of government.

It's insane to try to balance the budget.

There must be some flexibility in the budget. You cannot have too much discipline.

Budget drives everything that we do.

Every government has a fixed budget and demands of all sectors have to be fulfilled in that amount.

Be really good with budgets because they keep getting smaller.

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?

We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero.

Putting together a sustainable budget requires that we all work together, that we focus our scarce resources on key priorities, and that we strengthen our capacity to deliver the best product we can for the American people. And that takes money.

But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act.

Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.

Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.

If a manager can't control his costs, fire them.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.

And yet, if we don't, first and foremost, act responsibly with the national tax dollars that we have, we can't properly address those regional priorities that we would like to.

I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.

If you make payroll every time, everyone will be satisfied with your budget regardless of how bad it is.