Kate Gosselin Quotes

My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.

I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.

I was broke from 19 to 26, borrowing money from my parents or my brothers or sisters every week to pay the bills.

I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money or being able to support family.

I was making $150 a week in workshop. It was a rough year. I had trouble paying the rent. But I had evenings free to spend with my wife, Olive, and our baby daughter. In terms of family-building, it was one of the most blessed years of my life.

I'm doing my best to stay off that financing scheme that relies on this one strip of capital, which is the red carpet. And - no sob story - but it's hard. It takes a while.

Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice.

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.

I'm worried about that man or woman sitting around - the coffee table tonight or in their kitchen talking about how are we going to get to work. How are we going to have the dignity to take care of our family.

I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship.

If you're living off credit-card advances and ramen noodles, a buyout offer might be too hard to resist. And you'll be even smarter the second time around.

It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

I can tell you this, if it wasn't for my book royalties, I'd be in debt.

After we were married, we were broke. Flat broke. Not only did we not have health insurance, we could barely keep a roof over our heads, let alone have the kind of coin to throw around on onesies and Pampers.

Money was tight and Mum used to do two jobs to support us.

My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.

I had been working for eight years and all I had to show for it was this horrible debt. At one point we had the bailiff at the door.

Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind.

I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.

One year was so bad for me and my wife that we were going to have to sell our house until Elaine decided to change career and earn some money.

I still have to work paycheck to paycheck. Being in show business doesn't indicate that you're a 'success,' in my opinion.

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