Simon Cowell Quotes

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.

When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.

We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

I bought a camera with my first ever paycheck.

The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god.

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.

I'm too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

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

Frugality, when all is spent, comes too late.

I do not think that you can spend yourself rich.

The kids of America, please get a damn job. Get out of the house, leave the refrigerator alone. Stop wearing my shoes. Leave my shirts alone, get a job. Spend your own money.

You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.

Understanding money is part of being independent. You can't be self-sufficient if you're relying on someone else.

I always encourage our people and young business people that I meet to have a respect for cash, keeping some in their pockets and purses at all times. To me, that's essential.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

Find $50 a month for savings. No excuses!

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

Cut back your spending now.