John Fleming Quotes

What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.'

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

A billion saved is a billion earned.

Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.

All of us in Canada have to be better at making a dollar count, because we have fewer dollars.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

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?

I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.

Budgets are blueprints and priorities.

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.

I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.

Manage your spending by creating and sticking to a budget.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.

The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.

Sometimes you have to make tough decisions to hold the line on spending.

If I can afford a $1,000 apartment, I'm going to try to find a $600 apartment and save the $400 towards something I want to invest in.

A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.

If you're not clipping coupons before going to the grocery store, you're overspending. If you're ordering in or going out to dinner because you don't feel like cooking, you're overspending. If you're not tracking where your money is going, you're very likely overspending.

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.

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