Spending Quotes · Page 36

We're spending money that we don't have to solve a problem that doesn't exist at the behest of people we didn't elect.

— Douglas Carswell

It's my wife Ruth's birthday soon. I said to her: "What would you like for your birthday?" She said: "I want a…

— Frank Carson

You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?

— Alan Watts

Obviously the first thing we need to do is repeal “Obamacare.” That's one entitlement that we can get rid of. And that's…

— Rick Santorum

In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.

— Andrew Lansley

The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an…

— Marco Rubio

The average Tea Partier is sincerely against government spending - with the exception of the money spent on them.

— Matt Taibbi

We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000…

— Barack Obama

There's bound to be a recovery in [capital spending] sometime soon. We have had basically no capital investment for about year. At…

— Bruce Bartlett

As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the $1,000 limit…

— James L. Buckley

[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . .…

— Benjamin Franklin

I cannot but say a word and look my disapproval when I hear that my country is spending millions for war and…

— Helen Keller

Life is difficult. Not just for me or other ALS patients. Life is difficult for everyone. Finding ways to make life meaningful…

— Steve Gleason

I love New York. But how much should it cost to call New York home? Decades of out-of-control budgets, spending hikes, and…

— Tom Golisano

My father, who educated his children on worldly principles, gave us much money, considering our age; not in order that we might…

— George Muller

It's funny that some ideas start with a little "What if?" and then suddenly you're spending a million dollars to shoot the…

— Steve Martin

There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political…

— Peter Brimelow

My opponent Senator Menendez and his colleagues are pursuing what I consider a Jon Corzine economic policy. Higher taxes, more spending, more…

— Anonymous

How can I ever repay you for what you've given me? A daily opportunity to change the world for the better simply…

— Dallas Clayton

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that…

— E. W. Howe

Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of…

— Sherrod Brown

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

— William Hague

I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class.

— Ellen Swallow Richards

Spending on oneself does not boost wellbeing. However, spending money on others does -- and it appears to be as important to…

— Tom Rath

Today, nearly 40 percent of a senior's healthcare spending is on pharmaceutical medications.

— Dennis Hastert

For people on my side of the cubicle, the goal is always creativity. Spending your time overcoming corporate resistance to creativity -…

— Jerry Seinfeld

We must look forward to the future as that is where most of us will be spending the rest of our lives.

— Charles Kettering

We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in…

— Herbert Hoover

I think of what the experience is of going into the building, of spending time in it, and try to get a…

— Paul Goldberger

The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough…

— Anonymous

I know for me, specifically, L.A. is just an overwhelming and scary place. I like spending part of my year there, but…

— Kristen Hager

It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age…

— Bill Mumy

It isn't as much you a spending problem as a priorities, and that is what the budget is, setting priorities. It's about…

— Nancy Pelosi

Those wishing to be successful in the market can't ignore the boomer numbers, the wealth and spending power they have.

— Pat Conroy

So here you have Barack Obama going in and spending the money on embryonic stem cell research. Eugenics.

— Glenn Beck

As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.

— Jack Markell

“The most immediate is that our middle class is too weak to support the consumer spending that has historically driven our economic…

— David Cay Johnston

Low self esteem is rooted in many things. One of them is not spending time to appreciate the gifts we've been given.

— Nouman Ali Khan

I'm not a fugitive anymore. Never will be in the future. After spending five years in jail, you learn your lesson. I…

— Kevin Mitnick