Lisa Lampanelli Quotes

I'm letting no man handle my bank account.

Always protect yourself. Every woman, no matter what her age, romantic or marital status, should have a bank account in her own name.

It was extraordinary living in Mumbai, navigating my course, understanding how to manage my finances on my own, mapping out my daily expenses.

If you are a woman with your own money, you have confidence. You have the pick of the litter.

There is not the woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for any one who does so eat her bread places herself in the power of the person from whom she takes it.

My feeling is, well, if it's my money, I have a right to judge.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

I'm a freelance person, and I've always been able to support myself.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'

I currently live independently without any funded support. I'm educated, and I'm employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the economic life of Australia.

I spend my own money, not other people's money.

There's broad recognition that you really have to put the money where people are going to self-manage.

When a person earns money, it makes sense if he spends it himself. It's a shame when a person earns money, and some strange funds spend it.

For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.

I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

I avoid banks and I've never been in any sort of corporate environment at all.

No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.

If a woman is financially independent, she can definitely make a bigger contribution in making big decisions and contribute much more. If a woman is financially independent, she can pursue her interests, too.

Being independent isn't as flashy as a lot of people may think. It's a lot of hard work; its a lot of investing your own money. And to creatively time to make your day work - it's on you to make it work, and no one else.

I do not have to depend on a man to give me bread.