Conor Oberst Quotes

The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable.

I love living in Brooklyn. Originally I moved there because I could enjoy a bigger space for less money than I would ever get in Manhattan.

I live in New York City, but I live in Hoboken because it's cheaper there, and I can own a condo.

I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago.

I went to grad school in San Francisco, and then left for New York City with my eye on Broadway. I had saved $5000, which seemed like a lot of money in my mind... until I realized it was going to take $2500 to get to New York and then the first and last month's rent.

We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much.

I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.

I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don't make enough money.

These days, checks are direct-deposited, money comes out of a machine in the wall, and we swipe a plastic card to make a purchase. In other words, your kids can grow up thinking money comes in an endless supply if you don't show them otherwise.

I need to make money. If I don't, I cannot survive.

I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I've been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money.

It's real difficult to save when you don't have any money.

I'm used to doing big undertakings with my own money.

I don't really think about my future. I don't really worry about anything. I just try not to spend all my money.

The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.

What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from.

I love living in L.A. It's quieter. It's much more relaxing. I'm living in a house for the first time ever. I have a backyard for the first time ever; a dog for the first time ever. So it's a lot of firsts, and I love it so much. It's just so different. It's a nice change of pace.

Not only am I a spender, I have had a couple of business people in the past who have been spending my money quite happily.

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

My target is to make the players as rich as possible within the financial constraints of the club. My target is not to give them less money. I'm happy to make them rich.

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.

I have bought a lot of beautiful clothes with my money, but I've also earned it.

Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.