Gertrude Stein Quotes

Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

You have to teach children about money intentionally - create teachable moments.

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.

Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.

One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all expenditures and seeing where the money goes. That alone will cause heads of households to think twice about x, y or z expenditure, and to consider carefully whether they really need something or not.

Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more.

You spend a billion here and a billion there. Sooner of later it adds up to real money.

Like Ike [President Eisenhower] did. Talk economy and then spend away.

It doesn't cost money to let people keep more of their own money. It costs money to spend money you don't have, but that's another issue.

We don't spend money properly in Washington, D.C. We jump these massive bills to massive bills.

If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.

I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that.

Most people aren't honest with themselves about money.

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did.

Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.

It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say, we are going to repeal a tax that affects 1 percent of the American people, just 1 percent of the American people.

I spend my money like I don't have anything.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.

A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.