Prince Philip Quotes

There's only so much that you can tighten your belt before you squeeze yourself to death.

In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck.

Unless a capital change takes place soon, it will be impossible for me to maintain our posts and keep the army from dispersing

My family, like many families here in South Carolina, have faced difficult financial situations.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it's not the poorest. It's not the people at the economic fringes. It's people who worked hard and played by the rules.

We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.

The Treasury was suffering under every kind of embarrassment. The demands upon it were great in amount, while the means for satisfying them were comparatively small, precarious in collection and difficult in their application.

We have hardly enough money to last till the end of March.

A recession forces excruciatingly difficult choices.

Many Americans who have suffered during a recession have had to cut their spending 1 percent, and they didn't like doing it, but they were able to do it to get their family's finances back in order.

I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.

Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect.

At my lowest point, I was nearly $700,000 in debt.

Economics should not drive you out of the community.

Most of us have faced a - faced a serious budget problem or another at some pivotal moment in our lives.

We were under a lot of financial pressure when I was growing up.

I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.

While growing up, I saw how finances can play havoc in anybody's life. While we were comfortable, money didn't come easy.

I declared bankruptcy, and that was the worst thing I ever should have done.

I almost went broke. I didn't file bankruptcy, but I had some miserable times there for two or three years.

I was so deep in red ink coming out of ECW that I had to make a good solid living just to get my nose above the water line because of ECW.

Let's say I go completely broke, I'm about to star in the next '30 for 30: Broke.'

My parents were very strapped for cash when we were growing up.

Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their struggles.