Sarah Louise Delany Quotes

People are losing faith in the banking system due to security issues.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

I'm careful with money.

There are people out there with an eye on my hard-earned cash who think that I am a pushover. I am not!

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

Because Mint has access to all of your bank accounts and credit cards, we can detect fraud or unusual spending patterns faster than your bank, then send an email or text message alert to users.

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

I do not give money for just mere hopes.

I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.

In the early 1980s, I wrote a book called 'The Complete Guide to Financial Privacy.' If I would write that book today, it would be a pamphlet. There is precious little privacy left.

My accountant worships me because I'm so cautious with my money.

There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

I'm a very safe saver. I save everything. I save all my money and my parents raised me like that.

My opinion is just be very careful when you're young and making the money.

Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.

High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one's life.

Identity theft has become an international business.

I never use debit cards. I only use credit cards. This way, if someone does get my account number... and charges $1 million, by federal law, my liability is zero.

The Attorney General must identify threats to Illinoisans' financial security and take action to protect people.