Jean Chatzky Quotes

A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.

Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.

I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month.

I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

Stay on top of your finances. Don't leave that up to others.

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.

My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.

I made money in my 20s, became sober in my 30s, looked around, and didn't know who I could trust for money advice.

I have millions of dollars, and I don't know finance. I've had some bad things happen in my career. I've got to educate myself. I sit down with my finance guy once a month and go over everything, line by line.

I've made a lot of money, and more importantly, I've saved a lot of money.

I can only spend $140 a month in here. I'm saving, like, $10,000 a day.

I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser.

Until 'Scrubs,' I didn't have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way.

I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.

Anything that gets people to think harder about their financial security and take some responsibility is a good thing.

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.

I understand that finance can be very complex.

Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.

I'm so not a financial person.

Tax time is the perfect opportunity to jumpstart your spring-cleaning by tackling your financial to-do list.

After my father died, we were pretty much wiped out financially as a family, so I decided to give finance a try.

We all need to save money to send our kids to college, to buy our first house, and to retire. But the truth is that most of us don't save very much.

It's not surprising so many people end up with credit-card debts. Saving for your retirement and buying a house are difficult things, and we don't educate people about them at all.

Financial security is crucial for your family, and I have a large family. Money does matter when you don't have it. When you need it, you realise the value of it. In that sense, money will always have value.